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Data are reported for the monthly number of uploads to and downloads from bioRxiv, and for the number of preprints that are later published in peer-reviewed journals.

Colleagues, funders and institutions can support pregnant researchers in a variety of ways.

The interactions between communities of microbial species and their human hosts raise questions about the nature of health and disease.

Understanding how data were collected and processed is an essential element of big data biology.

Discussions about biological individuality and immunogenicity continue the long history of dialogue between philosophers and immunologists.

Drawing may be a way to better understand a biological process and to explore and develop scientific ideas.

Scientists should be aware of the non-empirical assumptions that influence all kinds of research.

The occurrence, progression and treatment of cancer may be linked to changes in the nature of stemness.

To understand how regeneration works across the different scales of living systems, we first need to identify the essential components underlying this process.

Philosophy may help to explore the potential impacts of synthetic cells.