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The liver breaks down dietary fructose into lipids that are used by cancer cells to boost their growth in mice.

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Harboring Hard and Soft Cells Lets Tumors Grow and Metastasize Simultaneously

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Fusion with Spider Silk Increases Anticancer Protein’s Stability

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Tumor Cells on Brink of Death May Trigger Metastasis

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Tetanus Immunity Protects Mice Against Pancreatic Cancer

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A Fasting-Mimicking Diet Thwarts Breast Cancer in Mice

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Cancer Cell Nanotubes Hijack Mitochondria from Immune Sentinels

Discover the potential of circulating tumor cells in early cancer detection

Improving Cancer Diagnostics with Circulating Tumor Cells in Blood

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p53 Unleashes Endogenous Retroviruses to Tackle Tumors: Study

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The Biggest Breakthroughs in Cell Biology in 2025

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The Gollum Effect: 44 Percent of Scientists Report Territorial Research Experiences

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Measuring Blood Sugar Without Painful Pricks? A New Test Scans Skin

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December 2025, Issue 1

Wooden Neurons: An Artistic Vision of the Brain

A neurobiologist, who loves the morphology of cells, turns these shapes into works of art made from wood.

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Human iPSC-derived Models for Brain Disease Research

Human iPSC-derived Models for Neurodegenerative Disease Research

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Exploring the Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment 

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