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    1. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Immune Cells: Growing microglia in the lab

    Jonathan M Levenson, Hio Tong Kam, Dong Feng Chen
    Transplanting microglia derived from human stem cells into mice reveals new possibilities for treating neurodegenerative eye diseases.
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    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Camouflage: Tiny particles help insects evade predators

    Lin Wang, Tak-Sing Wong
    By reducing the reflection of ultraviolet light, hollow nanoparticles called brochosomes help to protect leafhoppers from predators.
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Stem Cells: Don’t be so naïve

    Valerie Horsley, Aya Nassereddine
    New evidence sheds light on actin regulation of pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Decisions: Tracking the evolution of a single choice

    Bharath Chandra Talluri, Hendrikje Nienborg
    Measuring the activity of hundreds of neurons in macaque brains simultaneously provides further evidence that drift-diffusion dynamics underlie how decisions are made in the brain.
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Brain Development: Investigating the impact of ketogenic diets

    Nalia Samba, Marie Gendrel
    Exposure to ketone bodies in early development can reduce neurological impairments in a strain of the nematode C. elegans with PTEN defects.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Vole Parenting: A fine line between attack and care

    Nicole Rigney
    Oxytocin neuron projections from two brain regions involved in parental care regulate both parental care and infanticidal behaviors in virgin mandarin voles.
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    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Gene Fusion: Decoding the identity of rare tumors

    Qingchen Yuan, Prabhjot Kaur, Olga A Guryanova
    Solitary fibrous tumors have gene expression signatures similar to those of neuroendocrine tumors.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Dopamine: Making memories

    Francesco Longo
    The neurotransmitter dopamine helps form long-term memories by increasing the production of proteins through a unique signaling pathway.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Neuroscience: Unveiling hidden sources of noise

    Morgan Fitzgerald, Eena Kosik, Bradley Voytek
    Changes in neural activity thought to reflect brain aging may be partly influenced by age-dependent signals ‘leaking’ from the heart.
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    1. Medicine
    2. Neuroscience

    Pain Management: A promising alternative to opioids

    Jie Zhang, Jianguo Cheng
    A complex extracted from the amniotic membrane in humans reduces post-surgical pain in mice by directly inhibiting pain-sensing neurons.
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