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Low levels of the clotting factor HSP47 protect the sleeping giants from blood clots, and the same may be possible for humans and other mammals.

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Finally, Scientists Sequence Single Cells with Long-Read Technology

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Psychedelics Slip Past Cell Membranes When Treating Depression

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Bacteria Have Histones After All: Study

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Unbalanced Allele Expression Associated with Mutation, Disease

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Opioids Recruit the Immune System to Cause Withdrawal Symptoms

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Fish Oil in Diet Can Cause Hair Loss in Mice, Study Finds

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Epigenetic Manipulations Can Accelerate or Reverse Aging in Mice

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Transfer RNAs Have a Surprising Role in Breast Cancer Growth

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“Smarter” CAR T Cells Target Tumors with Precision

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Mice With a Healthy Gut Microbiome Are More Motivated to Exercise

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Specialized Sperm Ribosomes Are Key to Male Fertility in Mice

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Silent Synapses May Provide Plasticity in Adulthood

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

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

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Environmental RNA Reveals Heat Stress in Water Fleas

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Duplicated Gene Helps Bats Survive “Arms Race” With Viruses

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Cancer Cells Gather Speed in Thicker Fluids

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

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Leprosy Bacterium Rejuvenates Armadillos’ Livers

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Can We Predict How Well Someone Will Respond to a Vaccine?

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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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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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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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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