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From microglia reprogramming to immune cell-based diagnostics, 2025 was a big year for breakthroughs in cell biology.

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Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

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What Drives Myeloid Cell Responses to Disease

Discover How Drug Developers Generate More Consistent In Vitro Assays

Building More Physiologically Relevant Drug Development Assays for Neuroscience

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CRISPR-Ready Cells for Target Discovery 

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Babies on the Brain

Stay Salty: Maternal Diet Affects an Offspring’s Neuronal Taste Circuit

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A Story of Mice and FIRE

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Infographic: Microglia Influence Myelin Health

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Microglia Rescue Aggregate-Burdened Neurons

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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Human-Relevant In Vitro Models Enable Predictive Drug Discovery

Advancing Drug Discovery with Complex Human In Vitro Models

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Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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