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New research links early-life exposure to a common gut bacteria's toxin (colibactin) to rising early-onset colorectal cancer rates. Discover how childhood exposures leave genetic imprints.

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Why Do People Have Different Eating Habits?

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An Antibiotic That Distinguishes Friend from Foe

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Linking Fasting to Health and the Gut Microbiome

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Viruses Keep Mice from Stressing Out

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Why Do Travelers Get Upset Stomachs?

Fatty Feasts May Come at an Immune Cost

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Standardizing Gut Microbiome Studies

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Infographic: What a Trip

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Natural High: Endogenous Psychedelics in the Gut and Brain

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Fecal Microbiota Transplants: From Gut Infections to Psychiatric Disorders

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Gut Microbiomes Offer Insights into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Mice With a Healthy Gut Microbiome Are More Motivated to Exercise

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Q&A: Gathering Diverse Microbiome Samples

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Human Gut Bacteria Show Up in Urban Wildlife

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In Search of the Best Milk Recipe for Preemies’ Gut Bacteria

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Artificial Sweeteners Alter Gut Bacteria in Humans

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Through the Looking Glass: Aging, Inflammation, and Gut Rejuvenation

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Science Philosophy in a Flash - A Look at Aging Through Young Eyes 

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Finding Could Pave the Way to New, Targeted Antibody Treatments

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Mapping the Neighborhoods of the Gut Microbiome

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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