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Unraveling the Mystery of Zombie Genes

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Natural High: Endogenous Psychedelics in the Gut and Brain

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A Chronic Itch: Burrowing Beneath the Skin

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What Can ChatGPT-like Language Models Tell Us About the Brain?

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Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons

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How Bacterial Communities Divvy up Duties

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Fishermen and Hobbyists Provide Scientists with Invaluable Data

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Self Sufficient Cells?

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Garbage to Guts: The Slow-Churn of Plastic Waste

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Cooperation and Cheating

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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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Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

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Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

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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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