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Bacteria’s Stress Strategy: Slow Down to Avoid the Crowd
Computer simulations highlight how bacteria slow their growth to avoid overcrowding, a behavior that may inform pathogen control. 
Bacteria’s Stress Strategy: Slow Down to Avoid the Crowd
Bacteria’s Stress Strategy: Slow Down to Avoid the Crowd

Computer simulations highlight how bacteria slow their growth to avoid overcrowding, a behavior that may inform pathogen control. 

Computer simulations highlight how bacteria slow their growth to avoid overcrowding, a behavior that may inform pathogen control. 

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The drawing depicts two fruit flies near a plant from the genus Aristolochia. One fly perches on the plant's orange flower, while the other moves away from it. 
Flies’ Taste for Tumor-Fighting Compounds May Aid Drug Discovery
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Oct 4, 2024 | 3 min read
Fruit flies with gut tumors showed an increased preference for a bitter antitumor compound compared to healthy flies, suggesting a self-medication strategy. 
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An Overlooked Nucleotide Recycling Pathway Fuels Tumor Growth
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Sep 23, 2024 | 4 min read
When it comes to supplying their purine needs, cancer cells may use salvaged metabolites, according to a study in mice. 
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Minicells Shut Down Cancer’s Spread 
RJ Mackenzie | Jul 29, 2024 | 4 min read
A nutrient-based nanomedicine stopped runaway tumor growth in mice by firing up a latent metabolic pathway.
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Cellular Cuisine: Phages on the Menu
Laura Tran, PhD | Mar 19, 2024 | 3 min read
Mammalian cells outpace bacteriophages in the microbial food chain by devouring phages to fuel their growth.
Best Practices for Organoid Technologies
Best Practices for Organoid Technologies 
The Scientist | Jun 20, 2023 | 1 min read
Dosh Whye will discuss best practices for organoid modeling and how researchers leverage the latest technologies to achieve their goals.
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Mechanical Force on the Skull May Aid Bone Regeneration
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | May 1, 2023 | 3 min read
By mechanically inducing the expansion of cranial sutures in young adult mice, researchers stimulated stem cell proliferation that is key to healing bone injuries.
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Modernizing Drug Discovery with Flow Cytometry
Bio-Rad | Aug 23, 2022 | 1 min read
Automation, high-throughput capabilities, and improved technologies and reagents accelerate cell profiling and screening.
Discover how flow cytometry accelerates drug screening
Adapting Flow Cytometry for Drug Discovery Workflows
The Scientist and Bio-Rad Laboratories | May 3, 2022 | 1 min read
Explore how flow cytometry innovations expand and accelerate cell profiling.
Discover how to select the optimal viability assay to match a research question
A Life-or-Death Situation: Determining Cell Viability
BMG LABTECH | Mar 16, 2022 | 1 min read
Learn how to match cell viability assays with downstream applications.
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Junyue Cao Applies Novel Approaches to Aging and Disease
Lisa Winter | Mar 14, 2022 | 3 min read
The Rockefeller University geneticist is tracing the full lifespan of individual cells to better understand how and why humans age.
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Exercise-Associated Protein Boosts Brain Function in Mice
Chloe Tenn | Dec 9, 2021 | 5 min read
A study that transfused plasma from active to inactive mice suggests the protein clusterin enhances cognition.
Discover how to scale up cellular assays during drug discovery
High-Throughput Solutions for Lead Candidate Discovery
The Scientist and Thermo Fisher Scientific | Oct 18, 2021 | 1 min read
New technologies allow researchers to scale up assays for cellular functions.
Promoting Stem Cell Growth and Self-Renewal In Vitro
The Scientist Creative Services Team in collaboration with MilliporeSigma | Feb 19, 2021 | 2 min read
An engineered laminin substrate facilitates high-quality human stem cell cultures.
Colon Cancer Uses a Regenerative Playbook to Metastasize
Shawna Williams | Apr 1, 2020 | 5 min read
A study finds similarities between cells that heal wounds and those that lead deadly cancerous invasions.
Of Mice and Metastasis
Amanda B. Keener | Apr 1, 2018 | 7 min read
Tools for studying how cancer spreads
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