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    1. Medicine
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Sepsis: Modelling survival

    Teresa A Zimmers, Leonidas G Koniaris
    A new mouse model of sepsis can reproduce the long-term muscle weakness seen in patients who survive this life-threatening illness.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Neurodegeneration: Fly model sheds light on brain disease

    Martin H Berryer, Sara G Kosmaczewski, Lindy E Barrett
    Experiments on flies suggest that a gain-of-function mechanism in a protein called CSPɑ contributes to the progressive brain disease CLN4.
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    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Genetic Variation: Searching for solutions to the missing heritability problem

    Luisa F Pallares
    Rare genetic variants in yeast explain a large amount of phenotypic variation in a complex trait like growth.
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Plant Disease: Cycling in synchrony

    Míriam Osés-Ruiz, Nicholas J Talbot
    The corn smut fungus uses two different mechanisms to control its cell cycle when it is infecting plants.
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Neuroscience

    Autoimmunity: Bringing on the itch

    Daniel A Waizman, Sourav Ghosh, Carla V Rothlin
    Neutrophils are the first immune cells that enter the skin and cause itch in atopic dermatitis.
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    1. Cancer Biology

    Philosophy of Biology: Characterizing causality in cancer

    Elena Rondeau, Nicolas Larmonier ... Andreas Bikfalvi
    Ideas about causality from philosophy can help scientists to better understand how cancerous tumors grow and spread in the body.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Multicellularity: How contraction has shaped evolution

    Mukund Thattai
    Two new unicellular organisms reveal that coordinated contractions of groups of cells using actomyosin predated animal multicellularity during evolution.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Behavior: The cerebellum shows its stripes

    Ashley L Holloway, Talia N Lerner
    New studies examine how the different sub-structures in the cerebellum are organized to receive information during complex behavioral tasks.
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  1. Mental Health in Academia: Get online to support wellbeing of graduate students

    Liesl A Krause, Susanna L Harris
    Universities should use online resources to help graduate students who are struggling with their mental health to access appropriate support.
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    Baboon illustration

    The Natural History of Model Organisms: Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies

    Julia Fischer, James P Higham ... Dietmar Zinner
    Wild baboons are an excellent model to study complex evolutionary processes such as speciation and hybridization, as well as the links between sociality, longevity and reproductive success.