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A collection of images from prior stories, including illustrations of DNA, chromosomes, and various cells, microscopy images of cancer cells, and a photo of a mouse on a treadmill.

Our Favorite Cancer Stories of 2022

Artist’s rendition of the molecular structure of a ribosome (blue and purple) as it produces a polypeptide chain (red) from an mRNA template (orange and gray), with tRNA molecules (dark purple) shuttling amino acids.

Specialized Sperm Ribosomes Are Key to Male Fertility in Mice

Human hand with white glove holding a white mouse in a green background.

Study Traces a Neural Circuit Behind Green Light–Mediated Pain Relief

Artist’s rendition of neural connections, with inactive neurons in the background

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

A mouse in front of an open sack of grain.

Mice Fed a Highly Processed Diet Are More Susceptible to the Flu

Rendering of a light blue NLRP3 inflammasome against a black background

Inflammation in Brain’s Immune Cells Triggers Depressive Behavior in Mice

Micrograph image of cancer cells stained violet.

Oral Cancer Survives Starvation with Help from Nearby Nerves

a small black mouse sits next to an obese black mouse on a white background

Obesity Protects Against Genital Herpes in Mice, Study Finds

Purple and white fluorescent stain of cells

How Fat Cells Help Kick Parasites Out of Mice: Study

A mouse brain showing activated neurons (white) in the brainstem 3 hours after LPS injection.

Research Pinpoints the Neurons Behind Feeling Sick

artistic representation of jumping gene

Jumping Genes Can Cause Movement Disorder: Study

Illustration of a human and Neanderthal skull side by side.

Mutation Linked to Difference Between Human and Neanderthal Brains

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A close-up image of a fly landing on a dessert

What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

Image of an infant’s feet that are visible in a hospital incubator.

Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

The World's Densest Bones

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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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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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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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