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Researchers from around the world share their favorite bacteria, viruses, and fungi, highlighting their unique abilities in space, disease, and the environment.

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A rocket launching into space. Scientists sent bacteriophage and bacteria to study their dynamics under microgravity.

Microgravity Alters Bacteriophage-Host Dynamics

Illustration of a scientist with short dark hair standing in a research lab in front of a screen showing gene expression data looking out of a window to see the surface of the Moon with Earth in the background. There is a microscope and centrifuge beside the researcher’s computer. Out the window, another lunar base is a lunar rover is visible. Outer space, with bright dots of stars, are seen behind Earth.

Space Medicine Brings Researchers into the Second Space Age

Image from Robert Hooke’s “Micrographia” book showing the drawing of cork cells. This was the first description of a cell.

The Curious Case of Tiny Yet Mighty Cells 

Photograph of tan rock with two diagonal veins of lighter rock on either side. In the tan rock are several small, irregular spots of sand-colored rock ringed with dark bluish-greenish rock. These spots’ chemical composition was studied and found to contain minerals that, given Mars’s expected environment billions of years ago, could have been produced by microbes.

Martian Minerals Point to Possible Signs of Past Life, Researchers Say

Astronaut Suni Williams displays production packs containing genetically engineered yeast and edible media for incubation to activate yeast growth.

Designer Microbes Aid Space Exploration Efforts

A brown-colored cube on top of fine-looking brown powder in a Petri dish.

Microbial Masons Cement Bricks for Lunar Habitation

Infographic showing how the Europa Clipper will characterize many features of the icy moon orbiting Jupiter to determine whether or not it offers a good place to search for life.

Infographic: Exploring Habitability on Europa

Zero Gravity, Zero Gain: The Genetics Behind Muscle Loss in Space

Q&A: How Animals Change in Space

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Image of an enzyme targeting advanced glycation end-products on collagen and elastin.

Lawnmower-like Enzyme Rewinds Decades of Molecular Aging in Human Tissue

A person on an operation table getting anesthesia. A study revealed sex differences in ketamine anesthesia.

Female Brains Wake Up from Anesthesia Differently Than Male Brains

Variety of sweeteners - Stevia, sugar, pollen and honey stock photo

How the Gut Differentiates Artificial Sweeteners from Sugars

Artistic illustration of cancer cells (red).

Ovarian Cancer Cells Use Fructose to Promote Metastasis 

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Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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Improving rAAV Production for Viral Vector Manufacturing

Improving rAAV Production for Viral Vector Manufacturing

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Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

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What Dictates PCR Success Before Amplification Begins?

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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Resipher: Continuous Live-Cell Mitochondrial Respiration Monitoring in 96-Well Plates

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