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  1. Thrill of the chase

    A study in mice reveals a new role for CGRP neurons in coordinating responses to threats of different severity.
  2. Gotta TaG-EM all

    A new genetic barcoding approach in fruit flies enables labelling of specific cell populations and allows researchers to scale up behavioural experiments by pooling groups of flies.
  3. How to grow a worm

    New results shed light on how two transcription factors work together to control body size during the development of Caenorhabditis elegans larvae.
  4. Predicting individual traits from dynamic brain activity

    A combination of machine-learning techniques and more traditional modeling approaches can use the unique patterns of brain activity that evolve over time to predict traits such as age and cognitive ability.
  5. A closer look at insulin-producing cells

    New research sheds light onto the mechanisms controlling insulin release in live fruit flies, highlighting important similarities with humans.
  6. Aging cells, rising risks

    Age-related changes in breast luminal epithelial cells may drive some breast cancers and offer potential screening and prevention targets.
  7. How a parasite plays matchmaker

    The parasite phytoplasma helps male and female leafhoppers find each other so they can breed and increase the population of insects that spread the parasite to new hosts.
  8. Understanding the role of nicotine in tumor development

    Nicotine can affect pathways involved in regulating growth and differentiation of intestinal stem cells in the gut of mice.