Eutherian mammals living in China after the end-Cretaceous extinctions evolved larger tooth sizes first before becoming more specialized in their biting performance, mirroring a similar pattern in brain evolution.
Kirill Lotonin, Francisco Brito ... Artur Summerfield
Dissecting protective versus detrimental immune responses uncovers biomarkers and mechanisms that can inform the rational design and evaluation of live attenuated vaccines against African swine fever virus.
Fine-scale exogenous attention within the foveola selectively enhances contrast gain at low-to-mid spatial frequencies while increasing response gain across a broad spatial frequency range.
Christopher Zhe Wei Lee, Farah Tasnim ... Florent Ginhoux
Co-culturing pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes and macrophages establishes a physiologically relevant liver model that captures macrophage–hepatocyte interactions, significantly improves hepatocyte maturation, and enables more accurate prediction of immune-mediated drug toxicity.
