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Behavior data linked with brain circuitry could lead to effective intervention therapies for substance use.

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Opinion: Biological Science Rejects the Sex Binary, and That’s Good for Humanity

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Biological Sex Influences Brain Protein Expression

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An Advocate for the Female Brain

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Daily Gene Expression Rhythms Vary with Sex and Age: Study

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SNO-y Protein Levels Help Explain Why More Women Develop Alzheimer’s

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Male and Female Stem Cells Derived from One Donor in Scientific First

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Specialized Sperm Ribosomes Are Key to Male Fertility in Mice

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X Chromosome Silenced in Some Cancers in Males

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Methylation in Young Brains May Be Key to Obesity: Mouse Study

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Sex of Researcher Influences Ketamine’s Effects in Mice: Study

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Sun Exposure Triggers Hunger in Men but Not Women, Study Suggests

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Q&A: In Battle of the Sexes, Dominance Doesn’t Always Equal Power

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Ana Marija Jakšić Shapes Fruit Fly Brains

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Exposure to Chemical from Babies Linked to Aggression

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Sex of Fetus Affects Immune Response to COVID-19 During Pregnancy

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Gene Variant Points to Starvation’s Evolutionary Legacy

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Genetic Variants Tied to Sex Differences in Psychiatric Disorders

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Sex of Human Cells Matters in Studying Neurological Disease

Sex Differences in Immune Responses to Viral Infection

Infographic: How SARS-CoV-2 Immune Responses May Differ by Sex

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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Universe 25 Experiment

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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