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In 2016, cancer biologist Johanna Joyce of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center published a study in Science that ...

While exploring how the flies adapted to such conditions, Acharya found increased levels of an enzyme— CG8093 —in their guts.

In mice, dampening the activity of area postrema neurons diminished cancer-induced muscle and fat loss and increased lifespan ...

Transcriptomic studies of the shrew’s remarkably plastic brain could provide new insights into neurodegenerative diseases.

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ABOVE: Hematopoietic stem cells have mechanisms in place to generate intrinsically disordered proteins, which could underlie ...

Scientists grow organ-specific stem cells in vitro using 3D cell culture technology to produce organoids, miniature organ ...