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Oct 3
Oct 3 Diversity Among Cancer Cells can Impede Immunotherapy Response

Jennifer Michalowski
News, National Cancer Institute

Liver tumors with a lot of cellular diversity may reprogram nearby cells to create a more hospitable microenvironment for their own survival.

Full story at National Cancer Institute

Sep 10
Sep 10 Scientists Triple Number of Known Electric Eel Species

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

There’s more than one kind of electric eel swimming in South American rivers.

Full story at Smithsonian

Aug 15
Aug 15 New Bloodsucker Is Discovered

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Freshwater wetlands from Georgia to New York are home to a previously unrecognized species of medicinal leech.

Full story at Smithsonian

Mar 18
Mar 18 The Promise and Perils of Brain Training

Jennifer Michalowski
Feature, BrainFacts

Is cognitive training worth doing?

Full story at BrainFacts

Dec 13
Dec 13 Scientists Overhaul Corn Domestication Story

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Farmers in Mexico and the southwestern Amazon improved predecessors of today’s corn for thousands of years until the crop was fully domesticated.

Full story at Smithsonian

Nov 29
Nov 29 Whales Lost Their Teeth Before Evolving Hair-like Baleen

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

An ancient whale that had neither teeth nor baleen is an important link in the evolution of an extraordinary feeding strategy.

Full story at Smithsonian

Nov 15
Nov 15 Immunoprofiling

Jennifer Michalowski
Feature, La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Detailed profiles of the immune system will form a roadmap for probing its role in disease.

Full story at La Jolla Institute for Immunology’s Immune Matters magazine.

Oct 31
Oct 31 Neuropixels Technology Ready for Release

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

New technology lets scientists simultaneously monitor the activity of hundreds of neurons throughout an animal’s brain.

Full story at Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Oct 31
Oct 31 Decoding How Brain Circuits Control Behavior

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Cell-by-cell analyses reveal how tightly intermingled neurons divvy up movement-related tasks.

Full story at Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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