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Mitochondrial Metabolism Dictates Neurons’ Growth Rate

Altering the rate of respiration in mitochondria changes how fast neurons grow, making mouse neurons grow more like human ones and vice versa, a study finds.

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Same Parts of the Brain Control Processing of Dozens of Languages

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Distracted Brains Better at Parsing Unfamiliar Languages: Study

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Embryonic Eavesdropping: How Animals Hear and Respond to Sound

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Is Your Brain Wired for Numbers?

Catherine Offord | | 10+ min read

Opinion: Facing Assumptions About the Duality of Human and Animal

Melanie Challenger | | 3 min read

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Serotonin and Dopamine Linked to Decision-Making: Study

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Poor Sleep Linked with Future Amyloid-β Build Up

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Human Memory Explorer Gordon Bower Dies

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Microplastics Build Up in Human Organs, Especially the Brain

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How Are Earwax and Body Odor Linked?

A single gene controls earwax and body odor, shaping one’s unique scent through microbes.

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How Does the Gut Immune System Distinguish Between Friends and Foes?

Cell-cell interactions help drive tolerogenic or inflammatory responses to the maelstrom of antigens passing through the gut.

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How Bacteria Outsmart Disinfectants

Disinfectants induce oxidative damage in bacteria, but a single mutation triggers the expression of genes that help the microbe survive.

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Detecting Novel Viruses Using a Comprehensive Enrichment Panel

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Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

In this webinar, Ethan Shelkey and Aurita Menezes will highlight key aspects in the design of cell-based assays.

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

Discover how alternative animal models provide new perspectives on physiological and biochemical processes.

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Experts from the Women’s Brain Foundation and bit.bio will explore the importance of sex-specific in vitro models for neurological research and drug discovery.

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New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

Discover how scientists are designing the next groundbreaking vaccines against infectious diseases.

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Inventia Life Science Launches RASTRUM™ Allegro to Revolutionize High-Throughput 3D Cell Culture for Drug Discovery and Disease Research

Inventia Life Science, an innovator in 3D cell culture technologies, announces the launch of RASTRUM™ Allegro, a groundbreaking advancement in 3D cell culture technology designed to accelerate drug discovery and disease research with unprecedented scalability, reproducibility, and efficiency.

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Detecting Novel Viruses Using a Comprehensive Enrichment Panel

Learn how a target enrichment approach improves the discovery and characterization of viral pathogens.

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