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1. 1. Human Biology and Medicine
   2. Neuroscience

   Autism: Balancing excitation and inhibition in the autistic brain

   Charlotte M Pretzsch, Dorothea L Floris

   A metric called the Hurst exponent could be a useful biomarker for studies exploring brain differences between men and women with autism spectrum disorder.
2. 1. Ecology

   Ecosystems: The diversity of decay

   Emma J Sayer, Ralf Schäfer

   To predict how species loss will affect ecosystems, it is important to consider how biodiversity influences processes such as decomposition.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Neurogenesis: Delayed gratification in the adult brain

   Gerd Kempermann

   Some immature neurons in the cerebral cortex of mammals might wait for years before they become activated and finish their development.
4. 1. Neuroscience

   Neural Circuits: Turning away from danger

   Jun Liu, Monika Scholz

   The flexible escape behavior exhibited by C. elegans in response to threats relies on a combination of feedback and feedforward circuits.
5. 1. Physics of Living Systems
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Phase Separation: Restricting the sizes of condensates

   Furqan Dar, Rohit Pappu

   Computer simulations of model proteins with sticker-and-spacer architectures shed light on the formation of biomolecular condensates in cells.
6. 1. Neuroscience

   Optogenetics: Exciting inhibition in primates

   Wim Vanduffel, Xiaolian Li

   A new genetic marker enables precise control over a group of inhibitory neurons in monkeys.
7. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Immunology and Inflammation

   Developmental Immunology: An atlas for hemocytes in an insect

   Samuel Liegeois, Dominique Ferrandon

   Single-cell RNA sequencing has revealed distinct subpopulations of hemocytes in fruit fly larvae.
8. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Antibiotic Resistance: Genomics against gonorrhoea

   Nicholas Medland

   Surveillance strategies based on whole genome sequencing could help with the early identification and detection of new forms of drug-resistant gonorrhoea.
9. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Cancer Biology

   Anti-Cancer Drugs: The mitochondrial paradox

   Sophie L Penman et al.

   A structural motif that is found in two cancer drugs may be responsible for their ability to tackle cancers and for the side-effects caused by the drugs.
10. 1. Evolutionary Biology

    Neuropeptide Signaling: Unravelling the evolutionary history of kisspeptin

    Maria I Arnone, Paola Oliveri

    Experiments in sea cucumbers reveal how the physiological responses regulated by a neuropeptide called kisspeptin have evolved.