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New research revealed hundreds of lipid antigens that may be recognized by adaptive immune T cells.

Intermittent fasting regulates biological time and improves disrupted sleep in an Alzheimer’s disease model.

Melting a bacteriophage’s coat of proteins turns it into a tiny power plant, which could fire up the discovery of new bioengineered devices.

Sunflowers may use a complex set of molecules to track the sun in the sky.

Leveraging the same mRNA platform used for covid vaccines, researchers generated a vaccine that prevents mice from acquiring Lyme disease.

Recent studies settle a debate over how the second messenger NAADP, with no known binding site, evokes calcium release from ion channels. 

Researchers developed and validated a sequencing method for mRNA vaccines, moving the manufacturing field forward by linking established technologies with translational applications.

When their in vitro and in vivo results conflicted, researchers took a deep dive into microRNAs’ influence on T cell memory formation.

Division of labor in ant colonies may depend on an enzyme trapped inside the blood-brain barrier.

Researchers discovered how virulent bacterial proteins leech nutrients from plant cells, leading to a potential treatment for diseased crops.

A simple rainforest leaf swab revealed DNA from dozens of animal species, possibly improving biodiversity monitoring in the future.

Scientists removed unnecessary sections of the Cas13 enzyme, creating a mini-enzyme that works and fits with other CRISPR elements into a single gene therapy vector.

PHYTOMap revealed the intricate genetic plant landscape, which helped researchers better understand how cells and gene expression influence each other in three-dimensional space.

Engineered bacteria sound the alarm on a common oncogenic mutation.

A new strategy prevents reprogramming-induced epigenetic aberrations in human induced pluripotent stem cells.

Digging into how and why some genes are resurrected after death sounds morbid, but it has practical applications. 

Natalie Knox and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory are helping establish a national qPCR-driven wastewater surveillance network for SARS-CoV-2 and other diseases.

New studies proposed using stem cells to make long-lasting lung grafts.

Spectral flow cytometry separates similarly emitting fluorophores and enabled Kaitlyn Sadtler to construct a 24-color rat panel for immunological analyses.