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1. 1. Cancer Biology

   Cancer Immunotherapy: A peptide puzzle

   Jian Guan, Nilabh Shastri

   Why does cancer develop in situations where the immune system is perfectly capable of eliminating it?
2. 1. Neuroscience

   Working Memory: Separating the present and the future

   Qing Yu, Bradley R Postle

   The brain stores information that is needed immediately and information that will be needed in the future in different ways.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Social Neuroscience: How does social enrichment produce health benefits?

   Takefumi Kikusui

   Oxytocin appears to link social interaction and cell aging in rats, especially in females.
4. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

   Cytokines: Revealing the secrets of secretion

   Antony Galione, Lianne C Davis

   An intracellular ion channel may have a central role in the release of cytokines by macrophages.
5. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Life Expectancy: Advancing the aging biology toolkit

   Troy K Coody, Adam L Hughes

   A new device for isolating large quantities of old yeast cells expands the experimental boundaries of aging research.

6. Fabry Disease: Ion channels and neuropathic pain

   Madeleine C Klein, Anne Louise Oaklander

   Pain behaviors in a Fabry mouse model are associated with the accumulation of a fat molecule that disrupts sodium ion channels in small fiber neurons.
7. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Carbon Fixation: Closing the circle

   Marylou C Machingura, James V Moroney

   In Chlamydomonas the different stages of the Calvin-Benson cycle take place in separate locations within the chloroplast.
8. 1. Immunology and Inflammation
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Gut Microbiome: Everyone wins

   Renata C Matos, François Leulier

   Aeromonas bacteria living in the gut of zebrafish produce a specific molecule to pacify the immune system of their host.
9. 1. Genetics and Genomics

   Genome-wide Association Study: Not so benign

   Barbara Rivera

   Susceptibility to uterine fibroids, benign tumors that affect the health of many women, is linked to genes that are responsible for preserving genome integrity and promoting genitourinary development.
10. 1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Signaling Systems: Transferring information without distortion

    Steven S Andrews et al.

    Despite employing diverse molecular mechanisms, many different cell signaling systems avoid losing information by transmitting it in a linear manner.