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Researchers have combined organ-on-a-chip engineering with the benefits of organoids to make improved models of the human retina.

Sex-optimal diets have different effects on gene expression in female and male flies.

The discovery of a biomolecular condensate involved in DNA replication has wide ranging implications.

Adversities experienced by female baboons early in life can affect the survival of their offspring years later.

The proteins injected by bacteria into eukaryotic organisms can lead to fates as diverse as death and metamorphosis.

Single-molecule experiments reveal the dynamics of transcription through a nucleosome with single-base-pair accuracy.

Similar patterns of genomic divergence have been observed in the evolution of plant species separated by oceans.

Cells rely on prolyl hydroxylase enzymes to sense low levels of oxygen, but they might act on fewer targets than previously thought.

An fMRI experiment reveals distinct brain regions that respond in a graded manner as humans process distance information across increasing spatial scales.

Bar-headed geese lower their flight metabolic rates to fly in low-oxygen conditions.