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How Female Dojo Loach Fishes Clone Themselves

A team of scientists in Japan has shed light on the mechanism by which female dojo loach fishes achieve clonal reproduction.

Amicable Authorship

Deciding on a paper’s authors should be easy, but is it?

Tracing The Origin Of A Deadly Brain Tumor

A research team from South Korea has presented evidence that neural stem cells contain cancer-promoting mutations and are responsible for recurrent glioblastoma in human patients.

Heavy Water Protects Dancing Molecules During Electron Microscopy

Scientists in South Korea have demonstrated that heavy water prolongs the stability of samples under an electron microscope.

Placenta-On-A-Chip Developed To Understand Preterm Births

Researchers have developed a microfluidic device that mimics that placental barrier, paving the way for a better understanding of how infections are linked to preterm delivery.

A Peptide That Protects Against Liver Cancer

Scientists in Singapore have developed a peptide drug that interferes with a molecular interaction that drives liver cancer progression.

Turning The Hourglass Sideways

Science is challenging the notion that aging is an inescapable fact of life. Here are six strategies that have been shown to prolong life in model organisms, and, in some cases, even humans.

Searching For Signs, Not Symptoms

Blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s can betray the presence of diseaseassociated changes in the brain decades before symptoms set in.

Longevity In A Bottle

With an understanding of the fundamental biological processes that drive aging, researchers are now searching for drugs that could prolong life.