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Doctors have long puzzled over why smoking eases ulcerative colitis but worsens Crohn’s disease. Oral bacteria migrating to the gut may explain this enigma.

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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