eLife Science Digests

Cutting jargon and putting research in context, digests showcase some of the latest articles published in eLife.

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  1. Energy in immune cells

    Macrophages that live in human airways respond differently to infections than macrophages that come from the blood.

  2. Mining for bacteria-killing enzymes

    A new computational approach helps find heat-stable molecules capable of fighting bacterial infections.

  3. A tumor geography

    Analyzing the spatial patterns in which tumors accumulate mutations allows scientists to better understand tumor growth.

  4. Unfolding the mysteries of neurodegenerative diseases

    Neurodegenerative diseases caused by misfolded proteins have distinct characteristics that may contribute to their unique symptoms.

  5. Beware of passengers

    Tumor cells accumulate many mutations that do not aid tumor survival but may interfere with how their proteins work.

  6. Cell cycle tracker

    Scientists have developed an automated tool to study cell growth and division, including hard-to-study, free-floating blood cancer cells.

  7. One organoid, multiple regions

    A single molecular signal enhances the complexity of human brain organoids, inducing the emergence of multiple distinct brain regions.

  8. Dispensable neurons

    Experiments in zebrafish suggest that motor neurons are not essential for other neurons in the reflex circuit that stabilizes gaze to form connections, contradicting previous results.
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