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    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    COVID-19: Locked in a pro-inflammatory state

    Chiu Wang Chau, Ryohichi Sugimura
    Macrophages absorbing cells infected with viable SARS-CoV-2 particles fail to transition into an anti-inflammatory state, potentially contributing to a damaging immune reaction linked to severe forms of COVID-19.
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Tooth Development: What sharks and mammals share

    Sophie Pantalacci
    The tooth shape of sharks and mice are regulated by a similar signaling center despite their teeth having very different geometries.
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    1. Neuroscience
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Brain Organoids: Getting the right cells

    Bilal Cakir, In-Hyun Park
    Fusing brain organoids with blood vessel organoids leads to the incorporation of non-neural endothelial cells and microglia into the brain organoids.
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    1. Developmental Biology

    Gut Development: A squash and a squeeze

    Danelle Devenport
    Advanced imaging techniques reveal details of the interactions between the two layers of the embryonic midgut that influence its ultimate shape.
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  1. Living Science: Maintaining the joy of discovery

    Eve Marder
    Changes in science over the past 50 years have reduced the chances of trainees experiencing the joy of discovery.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Natural Killer Cells: Taking on SARS-CoV-2

    Paola Kučan Brlić, Ilija Brizić
    A new study sheds light on how SARS-CoV-2 influences the way natural killer cells can recognize and kill infected cells.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Science Forum: What is next in African neuroscience?

    Kirsten A Donald, Mahmoud Maina ... Charles R Newton
    Working in Africa provides neuroscientists with opportunities that are not available in other continents, but obstacles must be overcome for the neuroscience community in Africa to reach its full potential.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Brain Repair: Gatekeeping astrocyte identity

    Alexis Cooper, Benedikt Berninger
    New findings cast doubt on whether suppressing the RNA-binding protein PTBP1 can force astrocytes to become dopaminergic neurons.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Meta-Research: Lessons from a catalogue of 6674 brain recordings

    Alexis DJ Makin, John Tyson-Carr ... Marco Bertamini
    A complete public catalogue of brain recording data from a single laboratory has revealed new scientific findings, and has also shed light on aspects of the scientific process, such as statistical power and publication bias.
    1. Neuroscience

    Memory: Associating the old with the new

    Chuqi Liu, Gui Xue
    New memories can strengthen old memories if the recent and past experience contain elements that are semantically related.
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