Detailed view of neurons, showcasing synaptic connections involved in hormone signaling processes.
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Hormones are chemical messengers that influence various body functions, including reproduction, metabolism, and growth via signaling mechanisms.

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Bone-Building Hormone Identified in Lactating Mice 

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The Importance of Water Purity when Studying Endocrine Disruptors

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Viral Immune Responses Suppress a Gestational Hormone

The Brain's Barrier Controls Ant Behavior

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Keeping Older Muscles Strong

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Emergent Recombinant Proteins in Clinical Diagnostics

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Gut Bacterium Linked to Depression in Premenopause

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Hormone Therapy Triggers Male Gene Patterns in Transgender Men’s Cells

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Hormone Sobers Up Drunken Mice: Study

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Monogamous Rodents Don’t Need “Love Molecule” To Pair Up

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Scientists Use Centrifuge to Discover a Hormone

Maintaining Hormone Balance Through RNA Decay

The Scientist Speaks - What Comes Up Must Go Down: Maintaining Hormone Balance Through RNA Decay

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Sex of Researcher Influences Ketamine’s Effects in Mice: Study

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Dogs Cry Tears of Joy: Study

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Steroids May Explain Octopuses’ Self-Starvation

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Opinion: Can Science Capture Love?

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Measuring Hormones to Understand Metabolic Disorders

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A Single Transcription Factor Changes Ants to Queens

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Hormones May Contribute to Asymmetrical Effects of Brain Injury

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Why Do Some Runners Get Sick After a Marathon?

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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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Best Practices for Freezing Cell Cultures

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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