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For biologists like Heiko Jansen, grizzly bears offer a fascinating opportunity to analyze seasonal metabolic changes relevant to human health and disease.

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The Smell of Food Affects Metabolism in Fasting Mice

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Physician and Geneticist Leon Rosenberg Dies at 89

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Diabetes Linked to Malnutrition Is Metabolically Unique: Study

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The Scientist Speaks - Lipids Predict a Slippery Path Towards Parkinson’s Disease

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Fat Cells Send Mitochondrial Distress Signals to the Heart

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Could a Synthetic Probiotic Replace a Strict Diet for Patients with Phenylketonuria?

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Noncoding RNA Improves Symptoms in Mice with Metabolic Disorder

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Exercising During Pregnancy Protects Mouse Offspring

How Breastfeeding Protects Mothers

Researchers Identify Biomarkers for Obesity Risk in Women

Caloric Restriction Turns White Fat Brown

How Type 2 Diabetes Affects the Brain

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Could Drugs be Plumping up Kids?

Cannabis Catch-All?

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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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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