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1. 1. Biochemistry
   2. Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

   Cardiac Hypertrophy: A tail of translational regulation

   Gillian A Gray, Nicola K Gray

   An RNA-binding protein called PABPC1 has an important role in determining protein synthesis rates and hypertrophy in the heart.
2. 1. Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

   Cutting Edge: Promoting international collaboration and creativity in doctoral students

   Christopher M Groen et al

   Staff from the Mayo Clinic in the US and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden describe a joint transatlantic course intended to broaden the horizons of the next generation of researchers in the field of regenerative medicine.
3. 1. Genes and Chromosomes
   2. Genomics and Evolutionary Biology

   Heredity: The gene family that cheats Mendel

   J Dylan Shropshire, Antonis Rokas

   Some alleles of the wtf gene family can increase their chances of spreading by using poisons to kill other alleles, and antidotes to save themselves.
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   Episode 39: Spotlight on tropical diseases

   In this special episode we discuss diseases that are common in tropical countries including tuberculosis, Zika, malaria and schistosomiasis.
5. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Malaria: Cracking Ali Baba’s code

   Oliver Billker

   A protein called P36 holds the key to how different species of malaria parasite invade liver cells.
6. 1. Neuroscience

   Maternal Behavior: Why mother rats protect their children

   Ksenia Z Meyza, Ewelina Knapska

   The presence of the hormone oxytocin in the central amygdala makes a mother rat willing to put her life in danger in order to protect her offspring.
7. 1. Cancer Biology

   Oncogene Regulation: Enhancers not required

   Ying Zheng, David Levens

   Laboratory mice with over half a megabase of DNA upstream of their Myc gene removed still thrive in the absence of stress.
8. 1. Immunology

   Cytokines: A gut response

   Matthew L Nicotra

   Unexpected findings from the immune system of sea urchin larvae potentially provide insights into immune signaling in ancestral lifeforms.
9. 1. Biophysics and Structural Biology

   Ion Channels: Poring over furrows

   Skylar ID Fisher, H Criss Hartzell

   Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the structure of a chloride channel that is closely related to a protein that transports lipids.
10. 1. Neuroscience

    Thermoregulation: How a brain keeps its cool

    Swathi Yadlapalli, Orie T Shafer

    Temperature-sensing neurons in the Drosophila brain cooperate with the central circadian clock to help regulate body temperature.