An abstract illustration of a tooth on a bluish background, signifying teeth that are a source of multipotent dental stem cells that can have therapeutic applications in dental diseases and beyond.

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Stem cells in the teeth and gums are multipotent and easily accessible. Scientists are researching ways to harness their power for therapies beyond dentistry.

Dental Stem Cells Regenerate More Than Just Smiles

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus. 

Illustration of a developing fetus surrounded by a clear fluid with a subtle yellow tinge, representing amniotic fluid.

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What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of? 

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Mean, Green, Antibody-producing Machines

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Save the Sample

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Engineered RNA Export From Living Cells

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David D&iacute;ez del Molino wears a button down shirt and holds a large brown mammoth tooth.

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Measuring Mammoth Mutations

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Jamie Foster wears a black shirt and smiles

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To Boldly Go Where No Squid Has Gone Before

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Fighting Cancer: Lessons from the Naked Mole-rat

John Gonzalez, an animal and meat scientist at the University of Georgia.

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Cartoon illustration of John Gonzalez eating food and questioning if it is chicken

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Why Does Everything Taste Like Chicken?&nbsp;

A confocal microscopy image of a larval fly brain lobes shows that arousal neurons, labeled in green, are concentrated at the top of the lobe and clock neurons, labeled in red, extend down the far side of the lobe away from the center and arousal neurons.

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A white brain with clock hands rests in the middle of two scenes of two different times of day, nighttime, indicated by stars on a blue background, is on the left and day, indicated by light blue clouds, on the right.

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Sleep Rhythms Prompt Long-term Memories 

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Glass laboratory flasks filled with bright green liquid arranged into a Christmas tree using a clamp stand.

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The Christmas Mix-up

Image of pancreatic organoids under a microscope with immunofluorescent staining

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Pancreatic Organoids Take the Stage

Science Snapshot

A plant-based monoclonal antibody goes head-to-head with its commercial counterpart to target tumors in mice.

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A scientist not in the frame is holding a plant leave with forceps in one hand and a petri dish with more leaves in the other.