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Photo: Memory (sculpture, marble), by Daniel Chester French, 1886–1887, Metropolitan Museum of Art,  via Wikimedia Commons.

Memory — New Research Reveals Cells Have It, Too

A memory of past events helps a cell learn how to respond to recurring threats and protect the genome. Read More ›
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Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs

The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death. Read More ›
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The Downsides of “Right to Try”

A lot of people are cheering the law enacted recently, which permits terminally ill people access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Stan Shebs [GFDL, CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons.

Plant Spiral Designs Still Unexplained

Even down to the level of molecules and genes, there doesn’t seem to be any physical reason for plants to grow “Golden Ratio” patterns. Read More ›
ヒトiPS細胞由来ドーパミン産生神経細胞 Human iPS cell-derived dopaminergic neurons
Photo credit: "Dopaminergic neurons derived hrom human iPS cell," by Asuka Morizane, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University.

Ethical Stem Cells Relieve Parkinson’s in Monkeys

The advance of ethical stem cell research continues exponentially. Read More ›

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