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A bacterium found in the wound microbiome can accelerate healing, highlighting the potential for microbiota-based wound therapies.

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Getting to the Root of Skin Healing

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Mimicking Tissue Mechanics for Better Wound Healing Models

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Gut Bacteria Help T Cells Heal Muscle: Study

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The Skin Battery

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Death by Illumination

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Study Questions Sterility of Snake and Spider Venoms

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When Severed, This Solitary Tunicate Regrows as Three New Animals

Long-Lasting Wound Infections Linked to Microbes and Genetics

Luis Alvarez Aims to Heal Wounds with Tissue-Regenerating “Paint”

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Image of the Day: On the Mend

Fat Cells Travel to Heal Wounds in Flies

Skin “Remembers” Wounds, Heals Faster the Second Time Around

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Newly Discovered Emergency Responders to Liver Damage

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Human Skin Can “Smell” Odors

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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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 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

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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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