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Close Encounters of Skin and Nerve Cells

Kamal Nahas, PhD | Apr 11, 2024 | 4 min read

Scientists exploring the skin-nerve cell connection have only scratched the surface. New research highlights just how intertwined the two cells are.

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Friends and Foes: Astrocytes as Disease Targets

Deanna MacNeil, PhD | Apr 10, 2024 | 3 min read

A new platform for screening astrocyte reactivity helps researchers uncover potential therapeutic interventions to treat neurodegenerative conditions.

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Building a Scientific Narrative

Nathan Ni, PhD | 6 min read

A strong narrative is as integral a part of science writing as it is for any other form of communication.

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Low Intracellular Iron Levels May Keep Blood Stem Cells Young

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Apr 8, 2024 | 3 min read

Removing excess iron from aging mouse blood-forming cells enhances their regenerative capacity.

Image of fibroblast cell with nuclei (yellow), mitochondria (red)<br >, and microfilaments (blue).

Complicated CAP Does It All

Rachael Moeller Gorman | Apr 5, 2024 | 5 min read

Researchers found that actin filaments can behave counter to decades-old actin dynamics dogma, changing how biologists think about cell movement.

A photo of Rose Kidd, the president of Global Operations Delivery at ICON.

Advancing Clinical Research Through Effective Data Delivery

The Scientist and ICON | 3 min read

Novel data collection and delivery strategies help usher the clinical research industry into its next era.

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Biological Sex Influences Brain Protein Expression

Shelby Bradford, PhD | Apr 4, 2024 | 3 min read

Neurological disorders often have sex biases, and these differences could be due to altered protein expression in the brain.

Two sister cells are seen in the foreground, while individual cells are seen behind them on a blue background.

Sister Cells Reveal Cancer’s Fate

Aparna Nathan, PhD | Apr 3, 2024 | 4 min read

A new method traces treatment resistant cells and predicts drugs that can make them more susceptible to cancer therapy.

Viewing the Glioblastoma Tumor Microenvironment at Single Cell Resolution

The Scientist Staff | 1 min read

In this webinar, Matthias Brendel will discuss a new PET approached called scRadiotracing, which involves immunomagnetic cell sorting after in vivo radiotracer injection combined with 3D histology.

A whitish neutrophil with a red multi-lobed nucleus.

Cell Surface RNA Helps Neutrophils Get Around

Holly Barker, PhD | Apr 2, 2024 | 4 min read

A new study confirms reports of membrane-bound RNA molecules and points to their role in neutrophil migration.

MEGA CRISPR: Engineering Better Immunotherapies with RNA Editing

Deanna MacNeil, PhD | Apr 1, 2024 | 3 min read

Multi-targeted Cas13 screens help researchers avoid permanent DNA cuts and evade T cell exhaustion.

Bacteriologist Melinda Grosser holds the book <em >House of Mirth </em>by Edith Wharton and an agar art plate that recreates the book cover.

Where Books Meet Bacteria

Niki Spahich, PhD | 4 min read

Melinda Grosser combines her love of reading and microbiology in her unique Instagram account.

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Growing Milk-Secreting Mammary Organoids

Sneha Khedkar | Mar 29, 2024 | 3 min read

Mammary organoids derived from mouse embryonic stem cells could offer clues into mammary gland developmental origins and help researchers study breast cancer.