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A vector drawing shows a girl wrapped up in an orange blanket sitting on her bed while blowing her nose because she’s sick. Social isolation during sickness helps a person recover faster and prevent spreading the infection.

Feeling Asocial When Sick? A Brain-Immune Connection May Be Why

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Fast-Freezing Brain Signals Sheds Light on Human Synapses

Illustration of a brain comprised of roadways with several different traffic signs sticking out around it to conceptualize the role of dopamine signaling in motivation and behavior.

Dopamine Signaling Makes Flies Lose Interest in Mating

Woman holding human colon anatomy model, signifying ulcerative colitis caused due to a bacterial toxin that attacks intestinal macrophages.

Gut Bacteria Deplete Macrophages to Drive Ulcerative Colitis

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Tough Moss Spores Weather Space’s Harsh Conditions

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Blocking a B Cell Switch Could Halt Lupus Autoimmunity

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How Did Plants Evolve to Produce Seeds?

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Green Spaces May Mitigate Pollution-Linked Breast Cancer Risk

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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Cell-Electronic Hybrid Chips Could Enable Surgery-Free Brain Implants

Blue, green, and red dots make a worm-like shape against a black background, signifying human organoids grafted in mice that secreted insulin.

Reprogrammed Human Stomach Organoids Secrete Insulin

Boy lying in bed with a stomachache, signifying gastroenteritis caused due to human astroviruses.

How a Stomach Flu-Causing Virus Sneaks into Human Cells

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Kirsty Wright is searching for evidence in a missing persons investigation. She is wearing a blue shirt and glasses. Behind her is dense vegetation and police procedural tape.

How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

An illustration of an in vitro fertilized embryo, which researchers recently used to study maternal aneuploidy

Genetic Basis of Aneuploidy, Which Often Causes Pregnancy Loss, Revealed

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Universe 25 Experiment

Illustration of a hole in the shape of a dollar sign on a blue background. One character is falling into the hole at the bottom of the “S” while another individual is holding another up at the top of the “S”. The image represents the absence of funding for researchers in biotech with the cancellation of the SBIR/STTR program.

The Federal Government’s Research Innovation Lifeline Has Gone Dark

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Transitioning to 3D Cell Models for Better Insights

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Human-Relevant In Vitro Models Enable Predictive Drug Discovery

Advancing Drug Discovery with Complex Human In Vitro Models

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January 2026

What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

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

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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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