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Annie Curtis’s research team revealed how circadian rhythm-regulated mitochondrial metabolism drives dendritic cell antigen presentation activity.

Researchers showed that the delivery method affects the microbiome and plays a role in the infant vaccine immune response.

Skin moles that sprout thick, long hairs produce signaling molecules that stimulate hair follicle stem cells to initiate new hair growth. This discovery may make baldness a thing of the past.

Researchers scratch the surface of schizophrenia susceptibility by uncovering DNA methylation differences in neonatal blood samples.

Scientists are decoding how electrically stimulating transplanted stem cells helps heal the injured brain.

Researchers built a 3D glioblastoma model to study therapeutic resistance and improve drug screening systems.

By combining calcium and electrical pacing, researchers designed a scalable protocol for culturing mature cardiac tissues from induced pluripotent stem cells.

A new machine learning model promises fast prediction of drug-target interactions.

Khalid Shah engineers stem cells to deliver cancer therapeutics directly to tumors, thereby increasing their efficacy.

Oncolytic viruses can help glioblastoma respond to immunotherapy.

Researchers created a new high-throughput tool to hunt for therapies that remyelinate the nervous system.

By editing a mutated immune regulatory gene in patient cells, Rosa Bacchetta brings hope to those suffering from IPEX syndrome.

Researchers track neural connections between retinal cells in a dish to understand their therapeutic potential.

A study finds that a baculovirus that infects cotton bollworm larvae changes the expression of genes involved in light perception, driving them to seek heights that could favor viral transmission.

The neuroscientist talks about her experiences with trying to change how the scientific community copes with sexual assault and harassment.

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Animal welfare activists, smarting from a defeat in Congress, plan to campaign across the United States to convince state legislators that laboratory rats, mice, and birds used in biomedical research require greater protection than afforded by federal law. Most major US research organizations, however, maintain that the 15 to 20 million animals used in labs--about 95% in biomedical research--are adequately protected under existing public and private regulations. More federal oversight, they sa