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Cold-water immersion enthusiasts tout its benefits for their health and wellbeing, but is it backed by scientific evidence?

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Ketamine Flips a “Switch” in Mice’s Brain Circuitry: Study

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Ten Minute Sabbatical

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Psilocybin Relieves Some Treatment-Resistant Depression Cases: Trial

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Physician and Geneticist Leon Rosenberg Dies at 89

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Pandemic Amplifies Postdoc Struggles

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Genetic Risks for Depression Differ Between Ancestral Groups

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Our Aching Brains

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Q&A: Health of 9/11 First Responders 20 Years Later

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Genetic Variants Tied to Sex Differences in Psychiatric Disorders

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Brain Circuitry for Fear and Anxiety Is the Same on fMRI

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How Social Isolation Affects the Brain

Study Probes Brain Activity in Survivors of Paris Terror Attacks

Regular Exercise Helps Patients Combat Cancer

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What Neurobiology Can Tell Us About Suicide

Value of Medical Marijuana for Mental Health Questioned

Deep Brain Stimulation Improves Depression Symptoms: Study

Antidepressant Approvals Could Herald New Era in Psychiatric Drugs

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

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Advances in Automated RNA Library Preparation

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Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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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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Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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Discover how to streamline tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte production.

Producing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapeutics

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