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Melanoma tissue specimen
In the Lab

Scientists pinpoint a possible reason why melanoma doesn’t respond to cancer drugs

By Megan Thielking

Knees
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Drug-loaded hydrogel responds to arthritis flare-ups in real time

By Megan Thielking

Chemotherapeutic gel
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This gel loaded with drugs aims to hit cancer with a one-two punch

By Megan Thielking

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Scientists pluck a light-sensitive protein from plants to study cancer metastasis

By Megan Thielking

Plasmodium falciparum
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Genome sequencing turns up new drivers of drug resistance in malaria

By Megan Thielking

Imaris Snapshot
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Scientists recorded a time-lapse of this worm to study how cancer spreads

By Megan Thielking

E. Coli
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These bacteria keep swapping resistance genes, even with no antibiotics around

By Megan Thielking

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Why wounds heal faster if they happen during the day

By Megan Thielking

Tan man
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Scientists have created a ‘sunless tanner’ drug that boosts melanin in skin

By Megan Thielking

Metastatic Melanoma Cells
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Using tumor size to predict a response to cancer drugs

By Megan Thielking

Superager Brain
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Super-agers: The unique traits of older adults with memories sharp as a tack

By Megan Thielking

Human ear
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Scientists work to regenerate the cells lost after loud noises

By Megan Thielking

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Tangles in the brain’s navigational cells may explain why Alzheimer’s patients wander

By Megan Thielking

Pancreatic Cancer Cells
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How epigenetic changes prime pancreatic cancer cells to spread

By Megan Thielking

Hand Powered Centrifuge
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Pulling parasites from the blood with a souped-up kid’s toy

By Megan Thielking

Vacuoles GIF
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How to turn cells into couriers that can ferry drugs around the body

By Megan Thielking

T-Cells and cancer
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Insight into exhausted immune cells could open new doors for cancer therapy

By Megan Thielking

Nerve cell transplant Parkinson's
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The remote control that can help Parkinson’s patients

By Megan Thielking

Clostridium difficile
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Many bugs found in the human gut can actually be cultured

By Megan Thielking

Microbes
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Capturing the vast diversity of bacteria in our bodies

By Megan Thielking

Warren Chan
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Nanoparticles are all the rage in cancer treatment. But do they work?

By Megan Thielking

Immune cells brain
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How cellular cannibalism protects your brain

By Megan Thielking

Clostridium difficile
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How a molecular tweak could help fight killer C. diff infections

By Rebecca Robbins

DNA sequence
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Our cells’ ‘nuclear envelopes’ keep breaking. Here’s why that’s OK

By Megan Thielking

Neurons
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Getting neurons transplanted in brains to survive

By Megan Thielking

DNA
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Stem cells with half a genome may be useful for drug testing

By Megan Thielking

Child eating
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How the way we chew food is uniquely human

By Megan Thielking

Breast Milk
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Scientists have grown tissue that can produce breast milk in a lab

By Megan Thielking

DNA sequence
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What people do with their genetic tests

By Megan Thielking

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