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After the Smoke Clears: Scars on the Immune System

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Apr 15, 2024 | 6 min read

Smoking leaves epigenetic marks on DNA long after cessation, with consequences for adaptive immunity.

An Epigenetic Strategy to Control Bad Cholesterol

Maggie Chen | Apr 12, 2024 | 3 min read

Modifying markers on DNA allows scientists to lower cholesterol levels in mice, even long-term.

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Understanding the 3D Cell Culture Revolution

Rebecca Roberts, PhD | 6 min read

3D cell culture techniques closely mimic in vivo conditions, generating more accurate data for disease modeling and drug toxicity testing.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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 approach called scRadiotracing, which involves immunomagnetic cell sorting after in vivo radiotracer injection combined with 3D histology.