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September 2024

Kim Janda wears a sweater and stands in front of a chalkboard.

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Eric Nestler (left) wears a checkered collared shirt and suit and Elizabeth Heller (right) stands outside smiling in a gray sweatshirt.

Nora Volkow wears a suit and sits in a chair in a black and white photo.

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Pier Vincenzo Piazza surrounded by glass in a modern building.

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Nicholas Cosford (left) stands in a lab wearing a red collared shirt and black sweater and Douglas Sheffler (right) smiles while wearing a black shirt in a building.

Nicholas Cosford stands in a lab wearing a red collared shirt and black sweater.

No pharmaceutical treatments exist for addictions to drugs like cocaine or cannabis. Now, scientists are engineering gene therapies, immunotherapies, and more.

Developing new drugs to treat addiction

Mohab Ibrahim and Laurent Martin point out a graphical representation of a neuron on a computer in a laboratory. 

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Mohab Ibrahim and Laurent Martin point to a device that measures light intensity inside a laboratory illuminated with green light-emitting diodes. 

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A person sitting on a couch reading a book in a dark room illuminated by a green LED. 

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Rodent studies and clinical trials increasingly demonstrate the soothing effects of green light, and now, researchers are revealing the underlying neural mechanisms.

Lighting the way to pain relief

Neuroscience

A woman sits on a hospital bed holding her newborn baby and speaking with a pediatrician wearing blue scrubs.

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Rebecca Kahn sits outside against a green leafy background and wears a shirt with blue flowers on it.

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A new model predicts how well maternal vaccines protect babies from Group B <em>Streptococcus</em>, propelling much needed shots through late-stage clinical trials.

Predicting protection for maternal GBS vaccines

A scanning electron microscope image of a Schistosoma mansoni parasite.

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Sergio Verjovski-Almeida stands next to a lab bench in his laboratory at the Butantan Institute.

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Image of Murilo Sena Amaral wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves while holding a pipette.

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There is no vaccine against this parasitic worm infection, but rhesus macaques&rsquo; unique immune system has brought the prospect of a vaccine closer than ever.

How monkeys revealed a schistosomiasis vaccine secret

Infectious Disease

A blue neuron is attacked by red antibodies.

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Judith James sits at a microscope in a black chair. 

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Francisco Quintana wears a white shirt and jeans and stands in a lab with a yellow wall.

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John Harris gives a presentation while wearing a sport coat.

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A histology image with red and green cells.

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Once symptoms show up, it&rsquo;s too late to cure many autoimmune diseases. Researchers are investigating ways to prevent the conditions from starting at all.

Preventing autoimmune disease

Antonio Belli stands in a hospital hallway in black scrubs.

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Photo of a tube with a yellow label that says “Marker” sits next to a packaged sterile swab.

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Two soccer players jump up to head a ball as their teammates watch. 

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Valentina di Pietro wears a white lab coat and stands next to large countertop laboratory machine.

A saliva-based test could make it easier to diagnose concussions.

A spitting image of brain health

Biomarkers

From contact lenses, glue, to even the inside of an aloe leaf, hydrogels are everywhere.

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Michael Webber wears a blue polo shirt in his laboratory at the University of Notre Dame.

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Eric Appel wears glasses and a red shirt outside on the Stanford University campus.

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Customizable hydrogels could make taking diabetes and cancer medications as well as other biologics easier for patients.

A squishy solution for smoother drug delivery

Kenneth Tsai wears glasses, a black suit, and a red spotted tie.

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Two cube-like representations of layers of skin are treated with a drug.

Avoiding skin cancer could be as easy as slathering on a gel that the body rapidly metabolizes.

A new gel to prevent skin cancer without toxicity

Drug Formulation

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Scientists and science journalists alike have a responsibility to communicate new discoveries with the utmost accuracy, sans hype.

Overhyping science breeds false hope

Editors Insight

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Detecting tumor antigens is key to developing effective cancer diagnostics, immunotherapies, and vaccines.

Uncovering unknown tumor antigens

Editor's Focus

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CN Bio

Discover how researchers leverage microphysiological systems in toxicology studies. &nbsp;

Harnessing liver-on-a-chip models for drug safety

Webinars

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Learn how researchers can improve compliance and efficiency with advanced LIMS solutions.

Enhancing bioanalytical studies with centralized data management

Whitepaper

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Takara Bio

By offering a rich source of insights into disease and drugs, metabolite biomarkers are at the forefront of therapeutic exploration.

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