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Vaccination has beaten back infections for more than a century. Now, it may be the next big step in battling cancer.

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2022 Top 10 Innovations 

2022 Top 10 Innovations

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Salmonella Injection Helps the Mouse Immune System Kill Tumors

Illustration showing how following radiation therapy, which triggers the release of cancer-specific antigens, researchers injected Salmonella typhimurium bacteria covered in positively charged nano- particles near tumors in mice.

Infographic: Salmonella Shuttle Tumor Antigens to Immune Cells

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Tetanus Immunity Protects Mice Against Pancreatic Cancer

Discover How to Accelerate and Improve CAR-T therapy development

Advances in Solid Tumor Immunotherapies

Enhancing the Efficacy of CAR-T Cell Therapies

Bispecific Antibodies Treat Cancer in Mouse Models

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Immunotherapy Combo Reduces Solid Tumors in Mice

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In Situ Vaccination: A Cancer Treatment a Century in the Making

Tracking the Evolutionary History of a Tumor

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Universe 25 Experiment

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Vanderbilt Selects Parse Biosciences GigaLab to Generate Atlas of Early Neutralizing Antibodies to Measles, Mumps, and Rubella

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Shift Bioscience proposes improved ranking system for virtual cell models to accelerate gene target discovery