Exploring the ventral nerve cord in Drosophila

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1. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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2. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

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3. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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4. 1. Evolutionary Biology

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5. 1. Cell Biology
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6. 1. Neuroscience

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7. 1. Cancer Biology

   A multi-gene predictive model for the radiation sensitivity of nasopharyngeal carcinoma based on machine learning

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   A machine learning-derived multi-gene score effectively predicts radiation sensitivity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by integrating immune characteristics and radiosensitivity-related pathways.
8. 1. Developmental Biology

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   Ascidian larvae use cAMP as the molecular timer to infer the timing initiating metamorphosis.
9. 1. Immunology and Inflammation

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   Trained immunity is a form of innate immune cell memory that is being developed as a novel immunotherapeutic approach for cancer treatment.
10. 1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    In mice, discrete odors can selectively promote the neurogenesis of sensory neuron subtypes that they stimulate

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    The neurogenesis rates of some olfactory sensory neuron subtypes are selectively accelerated in mice that are exposed to odors that stimulate those subtypes.