eLife Magazine

Latest articles

1. 1. Cell Biology

   Stress: How to give cells an identity crisis

   Paige Dillon, Julie Hollien

   The transcription factor CHOP helps cells switch from an emergency stress response to a chronic one, where cells survive but lose some of the functions that define their identity.
2. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

   Malaria Prevention: Using mathematical models to optimise mosquito net distribution

   Carlos A Prete Jr

   Tailoring malaria control interventions to regional transmission dynamics and behavioural characteristics can optimise them in resource-limited settings.
3. 1. Plant Biology

   Mixotrophy: An updated view of glucose pathways in cyanobacteria

   José Manuel García-Fernández

   Contrary to previous belief, the cyanobacterium Synechocystis lacks the Entner-Doudoroff pathway for glucose metabolism.
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   Episode 104: July 2026

   In this episode, we explore how male gorillas trade size for sperm production, how fever changes the stickiness of malaria-infected cells, the neuroscience behind gambling machines, whether babies are born hardwired to dance, and how bird eggs have adapted to life at high altitudes.
   
5. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Developmental Biology

   Organ Development: Following your heart as it takes shape

   Alexandra Trouilloud, Nicole C Dubois

   A novel computational pipeline reveals patterns of tissue movement and growth in early heart formation and advances virtual modeling of development.
6. 1. Cancer Biology

   Tumor Biology: The two faces of JAK-STAT

   Qianying Lu, Yingyi Zhang

   A signal that can help breast cancer cells grow may also increase immune responses and boost immune therapy.
7. 1. Neuroscience

   Brain Mapping: Understanding the cellular architecture of Huntington’s disease

   Dorian Pustina

   A new diffusion MRI approach offers a glimpse of the anomalies of cellular architecture underlying basal ganglia degeneration in Huntington’s disease.
8. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Vector Biology: The exquisite mechanics of a tsetse bite

   Katelyn Fealy, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano

   Specialized anatomical structures in the mouth and feet of tsetse flies help them feed on blood from a variety of hosts.
9. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Actin Filaments: Building bundles by the numbers

   Christian Vanhille-Campos, Anđela Šarić

   The size and shape of cytoskeletal bundles, essential regulators of cell function, emerge from collective filament assembly rather than precise size-control mechanisms.
10. 1. Neuroscience

    Hippocampal Network: Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

    Justin Riddle

    Stimulating brain areas connected to the hippocampus may improve memory function in humans.