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Endogenous ligand for sigma receptor, activated by psychoactive drugs identified!

Endogenous ligand for sigma receptor, activated by psychoactive drugs identified!

Suicide risk more than quadruples for people with cancer

Food allergy protection by intestinal bacteria in healthy infants

Pain and substance abuse interact in a vicious cycle

Receptor causing chemotherapy side effects crystallized!

Neuroscience/Psychology

Endogenous ligand for sigma receptor, activated by psychoactive drugs identified!

Endogenous ligand for sigma receptor, activated by psychoactive drugs identified!

Suicide risk more than quadruples for people with cancer

Pain and substance abuse interact in a vicious cycle

Memory capabilities develop with age

Cancer

Suicide risk more than quadruples for people with cancer

Suicide risk more than quadruples for people with cancer

Receptor causing chemotherapy side effects crystallized!

Endogenous proteins can cause DNA damage and cancer

Disrupting circulating tumor clusters prevents metastasis

Diabetes/Obesity

Abdominal (VAT) fat may cause pathogenic obesity

Abdominal (VAT) fat may cause pathogenic obesity

Maternal stress leads to overweight in children

Gestational diabetes may not be prevented by balanced diet and exercise

Neighbor-cells can take over functions of damaged or missing insulin-producing cells

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Microbiology & Virology

Food allergy protection by intestinal bacteria in healthy infants

Food allergy protection by intestinal bacteria in healthy infants

Severe brain malaria has red blood cells containing the parasite sticking to the microvessels

Non-coding RNA promotes gene expression after stress

Metabolite produced by gut microbiota from pomegranates reduces inflammatory bowel disease

Biochemistry

Endogenous ligand for sigma receptor, activated by psychoactive drugs identified!

Endogenous ligand for sigma receptor, activated by psychoactive drugs identified!

CRISPR screening provides map of immune system regulators

Targeting an RNA-binding protein to fight aging

Endogenous proteins can cause DNA damage and cancer

Plant Biology

Nontraditional genetic code in parasitic plant

Nontraditional genetic code in parasitic plant

Structure and function of photosynthesis protein explained in detail

Memory mechanism in plants

Chromatin regulation of plant transition to reproductive stage

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Stem cells

Neurons in autism exhibit different patterns of growth and develop at a faster rate

Neurons in autism exhibit different patterns of growth and develop at a faster rate

How genes shape early embryos

Human blood cells can be directly reprogrammed into neural stem cells

Why our sense of smell declines in old age

Health Science

Endogenous ligand for sigma receptor, activated by psychoactive drugs identified!

Endogenous ligand for sigma receptor, activated by psychoactive drugs identified!

Suicide risk more than quadruples for people with cancer

Food allergy protection by intestinal bacteria in healthy infants

Pain and substance abuse interact in a vicious cycle

Technology

Receptor causing chemotherapy side effects crystallized!

Receptor causing chemotherapy side effects crystallized!

Blood pressure controlling receptor activation mechanism unraveled!

Structure of mitochondrial ADP/ATP transporter resolved!

Smartphones to detect opioid overdose!

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Advisors

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Immunology

CRISPR screening provides map of immune system regulators

CRISPR screening provides map of immune system regulators

Exosomes from activated polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) cause lung disease

Metabolite produced by gut microbiota from pomegranates reduces inflammatory bowel disease

A single vaccine to treat different strains of Ebola virus

Developmental Biology

Memory capabilities develop with age

Memory capabilities develop with age

Maternal stress leads to overweight in children

Neurons in autism exhibit different patterns of growth and develop at a faster rate

Gestational diabetes may not be prevented by balanced diet and exercise

Genetics

CRISPR-based technology for pest control

CRISPR-based technology for insect control

Nontraditional genetic code in parasitic plant

Genetic polymorphisms and zinc status

High blood sugar during pregnancy is associated with congenital heart defects

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