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A human somatosensory pathway recreated in a dish.
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For the first time, scientists have generated a functional neural pathway for sensing pain in a dish. This could help unravel mechanisms of pain disorders.

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New Mechanism for Touch-Evoked Itch Found in Mice

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Science Snapshot: Small Frogs Can’t Jump (Gracefully)

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Biophysicist Adrianus Kalmijn Dies at 88

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Hermunculus Situates Female Genital Sensation in the Cortex

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Book Excerpt from Feeling & Knowing

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Mechanisms of Chili’s Heat, Menthol’s Cool Garner Nobel

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Bianca Jones Marlin Traces How Sensory Inputs Shape the Brain

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Retinal Activity Prepares Blind Newborn Mice for Vision

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Eyeless C. elegans Perceives Colors: Study

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

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Building Translation-Ready Biomarkers with Connected Workflows

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