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A child lies on their side on a sofa with a breathing apparatus covering their nose and mouth. Such equipment is commonly used for patients who suffer from cystic fibrosis, a once deadly disease that now has become manageable thanks to the triple combination drug Trikafta. Three researchers recently received this year’s Lasker award for their contribution to the development of this drug.

Triple-Drug Combination for Cystic Fibrosis Wins Lasker Award

A photograph of developmental biologist Lucy Shapiro, who helped establish the field of systems biology, wearing a black top and red scarf.

Lasker Award for Uncovering Spatial Organization in Bacterial Cells

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Low-Complexity Domains of Proteins Work Honored with Lasker Award

Polarized light shines through a crystal with a particular chirality.

Mirror Microbes Could End All Life on Earth. How Do We Stop Them?

A bed with white sheets and pillows floats in the night sky, representing animals’ need for sleep—a reason for which scientists recently discovered. A bright yellow crescent moon is on the top right-hand side of the image.

Animals Sleep Because Electrons Leak 

Light yellow packets of Splenda, a common trade name for sucralose and the artificial sweetener recently found to worsen response to cancer immunotherapy, are strewn all over a white surface.

A Common Artificial Sweetener Could Disrupt Cancer Immunotherapy Response 

A panel of three abdominal X-rays that look exactly the same, indicating that the authors of the retracted paper likely copied the image to publish it as their own.

Tin Man Syndrome Paper Retracted, Author Admits to Fake Report

A venomous purple-spotted pit viper perched on a tree branch.

AI Unlocks Antibiotic Potential in Deadly Venoms

A 3D illustration shows molecules passing through an ion channel in a cell membrane.

Synthetic Peptide Calms Overactive Electrical Channels in Cells

A cluster of bright orange, club-shaped fruiting bodies of the Cordyceps militaris fungus emerging from a caterpillar pupa is shown, surrounded by dry pine needles and forest floor debris.

This Fungus Tricks Silkworms Into Binge-Eating for its Own Gain

A young black cat poses in front of a green wall. It has its mouth open, signifying where oral cancers, a fatal disease in cats, would be found.

First-of-Its-Kind Drug Shrunk Oral Tumors in Pet Cats 

An illustration of mitochondria, which starve parasites like Toxoplasma gondii, colored green.

Mitochondria Deprive Parasites of Folate to Thwart Their Growth

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Universe 25 Experiment

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What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

Red and green small tomatoes. A new genetic engineering approach helped gene-edited plants grow faster.

Gene-Edited Crops Grow Faster with a Little Help from Bacteria

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Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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