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Bacteria living in the mouth must metabolize the extra sugar that comes with indulging in a sweet treat, changing the oral microenvironment.

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Bacteria’s Stress Strategy: Slow Down to Avoid the Crowd

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How Nutrition Regulates Ovulation

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Viruses Keep Mice from Stressing Out

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Opinion: Stopping the Cancer Cells that Thrive on Chemotherapy

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

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Climate Change Prematurely Ages Lizards Before They’re Born

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Mitochondrial Stress Is Passed Between Generations

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Infographic: How C. elegans Transmit Stress Signals to Offspring

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Stress-Induced Molecular Globs Boost Bacterial Fitness

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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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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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