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How do forever chemicals impact cardiovascular health in postmenopausal women?
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Learn how to catch drugs’ hidden cardiotoxicity risks early in their development.
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Learn about the pathways and strategies to bring medical device innovations to life. 
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Available on DemandScientists discover an ultra-rare monoclonal antibody directly from patients with autoimmune diseases.

Explainers

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From signaling hunger to influencing mood, the vagus nerve keeps the gut and brain in sync. 
An illustrated image of an older woman looking at a younger version of herself with a clock behind them, representing reversing immune system aging
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After decades of combating daily assaults, the immune system undergoes dramatic changes that drastically affect human health.
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After decades of combating daily assaults, the immune system undergoes dramatic changes that drastically affect human health. 
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Cancer cells can outsmart drugs meant to combat them. Unraveling their tactics holds the key to beating cancer at its own game.

Milestones

Alice Moore, a researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, first demonstrated that viruses could kill tumor cells in living animals.
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Since their discovery in the 1890s, viruses have intrigued scientists as potential cancer-killing agents.
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Interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation propelled transformative advancements in single cell proteomic analysis. 
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Gene therapy has a complicated history, marked by many ups and downs and crafted by ever-advancing technologies.
An electron microscope image of HPV virus-like particles.
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In the 1930s, HPV wasn’t on the radar for most scientists.Four decades passed before anyone connected HPV with cervical, penile, or anal cancer, and it took even longer before scientists developed a prophylactic vaccine.

Podcasts

A toddler sits on a woman’s lap. Both look at a smart phone propped up on the table in front of them.
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A new app relies on smartphone cameras and algorithms to check for signs of neurodivergence in children.
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After a heart attack, the damage is permanent — for now. Researchers are testing innovative ways to get the heart to regenerate muscle cells and fix itself.
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Could the solution to antibiotic resistance already have been discovered? Microbiologists and historians probe medieval and ancient texts to find out.
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In diabetic macular edema, senescent cells build up in the retina, leading to vision loss. A new drug forces these undead cells to die, healing the retina.

Ebooks

An illustration of three immune cells attacking a cancer cell, representing the mechanism of chimeric antigen receptor-based cell therapy
As cell therapy evolves rapidly, what advancements are on the horizon? 
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Through the ages, scientists have tackled daunting hurdles in the fight against cancer, forging ahead with innovative treatment approaches. 
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Scientists strategically design programs to detect red flags early in drug development, saving time and money by prioritizing top drug candidates.
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Technological breakthroughs and innovative strategies are propelling the ongoing evolution of CAR T cell therapy. 

Videos

Mitochondria can modify their morphologies to meet the cell's energy needs.
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Mitochondria fragment and fuse to meet the energetic needs of the cell. Research shows that poorly regulated mitochondrial dynamics contribute to conditions such as autism.

Posters

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Emerging gene editing approaches pave the way for safer, more successful transplants.
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Detecting tumor antigens is key to developing effective cancer diagnostics, immunotherapies, and vaccines.
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Cell-free gene synthesis technology offers a quick, reliable route to creating vital mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. 
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Spatial transcriptomics technologies unveil a goldmine of biological information.

Advertorials

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A collaborative team overcomes the long-standing challenge of blurred imaging, illuminating once hidden details within the depths of thick samples.
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A unique cell-penetrating peptide nanoparticle delivers RNA directly to tumor cells, avoiding a decade-old problem with therapeutic RNA delivery.
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A new kid on the block flips the script using a systems biology-inspired tissue-specific approach against metastatic cancer that normalizes the tumor microenvironment.
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An illustration of three immune cells attacking a cancer cell, representing the mechanism of chimeric antigen receptor-based cell therapy

Cell therapy's next frontiers

As cell therapy evolves rapidly, what advancements are on the horizon? 
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Reversing rejection: gene therapy in modern transplantation

Emerging gene editing approaches pave the way for safer, more successful transplants.
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Identifying druggable therapeutic targets

Effective target identification is central to drug discovery, but finding the right drug target is not as simple as it may seem in theory. 
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