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2026 (For The Scientist)

• Beating Cardiac Organoids Offer a Platform for Drug Screening

• Allegations of AI Use in Nikon Competition Spark Controversy

• Different Brain Regions Arise from Distinct Progenitors

• Large Peptide Therapeutics Target the “Undruggable”

• Why Allergies Strike Men and Women Differently

• One Test Could Help End the Rare Disease Diagnostic Odyssey

• How a Neuroscientist’s Genetic Discovery Treated Her Daughter’s Epilepsy

• Rethinking Junk DNA: What Is 98 Percent of the Genome Hiding?

• Digital Twins Modeling Blood Flow Could Predict Heart Problems

• Blood Cells Replenish Microglia in the Brain as People Age

• Female Brains Wake Up from Anesthesia Differently Than Male Brains

• Restoring Saliva Flow May Improve Oral Health in Down Syndrome

• A Microscopic Tulip Field Blooms Within Fruit Fly Testes

• Tuberculosis Vaccine Reprograms Brain Immunity in Small Trial

• 5.5 Million Tons of Lab Plastic: Can Robot Washers and Steel Dishes Help?

• Low-Frequency Ultrasound Attacks Oral Cancer Cells

• How a Teenager’s Backyard Experiment Became a Gel to Stop Deadly Bleeding

• Then and Now: Sophia Lunt’s Research Illuminates a New Cancer Treatment

• A Synthetic Nuclease Boosts CRISPR Editing Efficiency

• Long-Term Iron Buildup Weakens Brain Cell Defenses Against Stress

• Whole-Mosquito Imaging Offers a New Window into Malaria Parasites

• Chemotherapy-Free Bone Marrow Transplants Move Closer to Reality

• A Pathologist Paints the Hidden World Beneath the Microscope Lens

• A New Brainstem Atlas Reveals Hidden Anatomy of the Human Brain

• Then and Now: Humsa Venkatesh Decodes How Tumors Hijack the Nervous System

• Can AI Tools Spot Great Science Before Reviewers Do?

• Sleep Deprivation Leaves a Mark on the Human Brain

• Crohn's Disease Reels on Instagram Often Miss the Mark on Accuracy

• Why Bird Flu Targets Cows’ Udders Instead of Lungs

• "Author Trends” Tool Tracks Researchers’ Impact and Integrity Metrics

• Regulatory Gaps Plague At-Home Microbiome Tests

• A Blood NAD+ Test Can’t Tell One's Biological Age

• Decentralized Databases: Building a Backup Plan for Biomedicine’s Knowledge

• A "SMART" Toolkit Uses Metaphors to Explain Antimicrobial Resistance

• Why Breast Cancer Becomes More Aggressive with Age

• AI-Powered Whole-Body Maps Expose Obesity’s Systemic Toll

• Scientists Caution that Phasing Out Animal Research Prematurely Could Risk Women’s Health

• Bioengineered Hookworms Deliver Therapeutic Antibodies in Hamsters

• Quail Embryos Illuminate Human Birth Defects

• Nature-Inspired Strategies Could Help Store Life-Saving Biologics Without Freezing

• Centuries-Old Skeletons Reveal the Microbes That Consume Bone

• NIH Review of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Sparks Alarm Among Scientists

• Head Blows During Football Tied to Changes in Gut Microbiomes

• Then and Now: Sandeep Eswarappa’s Tardigrade Research Blasts Off into Space

• Science Media Amplifies Male Scientists’ Voices Over Female Ones

• One in 277 Biomedical Papers Carry Fake References

• From iBiology to Science Communication Lab: Using Film to Tell Science Stories

• Super-Resolution Microscopy Helps Map Hidden Neuronal Architecture

• How the Menstrual Cycle Alters Proteins in the Body

• Beyond the Clinic: Wearables Bring Real-Time Insight into Oncology and Medicine

• "Dreaming Cells" Exhibit: The Art of Seeing Cells in Everyday Scenes

• NIH Signals a Shift Away from Animal Testing With $150M Investment

• Microscopy Offers a New View into Uterine Repair

• Beyond the Banquets and Tuxedos: The Everyday Lives of Nobel Laureates

• Botanist Chris Thorogood Brings Plants to Life Through Paintings

• The M-Index: A New Metric Puts Mentorship in the Spotlight

• Career Chat: Building a STEM Games Company

• Over 90 Percent of Scientists Admit to Questionable Research Behaviors

• CuSTEMized: Personalized Storybooks Inspire the Next Generation of Female Scientists

• The Human Organ Atlas: A 3D Journey Into the Body

• A Neuroimmune Link Explains How Stress Gets Under the Skin in Eczema

• A Mysterious Moss: How Botanists Help Crack Criminal Cases

• In a First, OB-GYN Medical Group Refuses Federal Funding Over Policy Changes

• In Vivo Method Measures Nanoparticle Delivery Efficiency

• The MASALA Study Unpacks South Asians’ Heart and Metabolic Disease Risk

• Ig Nobel: Inside the World of Science That Makes People Laugh

• Gut Microbiome-Based Therapies May Improve Fertility, Preclinical Study Hints

• Dealing in DNA: The Gene Game is a Genetics-Themed Card Game

• Microbial Interactions Act as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Gut Health

• Hypoxia Therapy May Help Control Diabetes, Preclinical Study Suggests

• Aging Cells Rewire their Protein Factories

• GPA Does Not Forecast Who Finishes a PhD and How Fast

• Spinal Cord Organoids Help Test Paralysis Treatment

• Accelerating Scientific Breakthroughs: Lessons from Business and Entrepreneurship 

• Why Are Oral Vaccines Not More Common?

• Distinct Mutations in the Same Gene Drive Cancer Differently

• Microgravity Alters Bacteriophage-Host Dynamics

• Can Science Still Afford Serendipity?

• Engineered Gut Bacteria Act as Biosensors to Detect Intestinal Disease

• The Cancer Epidemiologist Who Championed HPV Vaccines to End Cervical Cancer

• Diatoms Help Scientists Assess Climate Change Over Millennia

• Why Do Some People Feel Motion Sickness While Others Don’t?

• Microbes in Tree Bark Cycle Greenhouse Gases

• Mom’s Immune Health Influences Fetal Brain Development

• Freeze-Tolerant Frogs Power Organ Cryopreservation Strategies

2025 (For The Scientist)

• Dental Stem Cells Show Promise Beyond Oral Health

• Endometrial Organoids Open a Window into the Womb

• RSV Infection and Mom’s Allergies Heighten Babies’ Asthma Risk

• Human Transcriptome Maps Exclude Most Populations. Scientists Decoded Just How Much.

• Measuring Blood Sugar Without Painful Pricks? A New Test Scans Skin

• Failed Sperm Flagellar Development Drives Infertility

• How Do Snakes Get Their Colorful Stripes and Blotches?

• Smelling Bacon During Development Increased Mice’s Obesity Risk in Adulthood

• How to Sustain Drug Discovery Research Amid Federal Budget Cuts

• AI Tools Unravel Thoughts, Actions, and Neuronal Makeup

• Gut Bacteria Deplete Macrophages to Drive Ulcerative Colitis

• Why do Some People Like Spicy Food?

• Early Signs of Multiple Sclerosis Appear in Blood Years Before Symptoms

• GScholarLens Redefines Research Impact Metrics, Garners Mixed Reactions

• How Did Plants Evolve to Produce Seeds?

• Why Do Some People Feel Cold When Others Don't?

• Reprogrammed Human Stomach Organoids Secrete Insulin

• How a Stomach Flu-Causing Virus Sneaks into Human Cells

• Napoleon's 1812 Army Suffered from Paratyphoid and Relapsing Fevers, Ancient DNA Reveals

• Exercise-Induced Urticaria: When People are Allergic to Physical Activity

• Tumor Cell "Pockets" May Signal Immunotherapy Success

• Drunk Mice Reveal Brain Circuits Involved in Binge Drinking

• Why Do Some People Have a Heightened Sense of Smell?

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Development of Metal-Organic Frameworks

• Margarita Burns: When Lime and the Sun Don’t Blend Smoothly

• Smart Pads Detect Disease Biomarkers in Period Blood

• Why Do Night Shift Workers Fall Sick More Frequently?

• "Bench to Barn" Effort Protects Baby Elephants from a Deadly Virus

• An “Immortal” Jellyfish Offers Clues into Biological Aging

• ChatGPT Fails to Flag Retracted and Problematic Articles

• Lasker Award for Uncovering Spatial Organization in Bacterial Cells

• ACHOO Syndrome: A Strange Reflex that Causes Sneezing in the Sun

• Citizen Scientists Help Map the Healthy Vaginal Microbiome

• Darwin's Ark Project Decodes Pet Genomics

• What Does a Rare Blood Type Mean?

• Deep-Sea Worms Detoxify Harmful Elements to Thrive

• The Genetic Variants Behind "Early Bird" Sleep Patterns

• Tonsil Organoids Serve Human Immunology in a Lab Dish

• Designer Microbes Aid Space Exploration Efforts

• Viral Enzyme Accelerates Evolution of Therapeutic Proteins

• Breastmilk Antibodies Shape the Infant Immune System

• Ancient Dental Plaque Unearths Prehistoric People’s Lifestyle

• Genomics Uncovers How Insect Pests Crept Across the World

• Why Do People Sometimes Forget Their Dreams?

• Retraction of Controversial Arsenic-Life Paper Stirs Debate Among Scientists

• BATMAN Signals T Cell Receptor Crossreactivity

• Olfactory Organoids Sniff Out the Cells That Help Us Smell

• Are Identical Twins Really Identical?

• A Fungus, Not Its Insect Host, Paints the World Red

• Can Spit Help Diagnose Endometriosis?

• How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat

• How Do Axolotls Know Which Tissue To Regenerate?

• How Do Squids Camouflage?

• The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

• Galloping Towards a Better Understanding of Cancer

• Why Do Some Runners Get Sick After a Marathon?

• Rhino Genome Mapped in Hopes of Species Rescue

• Profiling MicroRNA from Poo to Understand Gut Health and Disease

• Microbial Masons Cement Bricks for Lunar Habitation

• A Novel Engineered Protein Boosts T Cell Antitumor Activity

• What Is Gene Doping in Sports, and How Can Experts Detect It?

• Bat Cells in a Dish Offer a Tool to Study Their Viral Responses

• Why Do Some Women Crave Chocolate Before Their Period?

• Mitochondrial DNA: A Maternal Legacy That Helps Trace the Past and Diagnose the Future

• A Man Who Survived Hundreds of Snakebites Helped Scientists Develop a Potent Antivenom

• Funding Disruptions in Cancer Research Affect Patients’ Lives, Scientists Say

• Microbes Fuel the Immune Cells that Engulf Them

• Targeting a Fat Cell Receptor to Drive Weight Loss

• How Climate Influences a Deadly Snake's Venom Chemistry

• Why are Some Vaccines Better Together?

• Aerobic Bacteria May Predate Earth's Oxygen Boom

• Zika Hacks Host Skin Chemistry to Lure Mosquitoes

• Developing an Effective Lyme Disease Vaccine

• Scientists Who Pioneered GLP-1 Drugs Bag Breakthrough Prize

• Mapping the Fallopian Tubes to Understand Reproductive Health

• Macrophages Help Newborn Mice Heal Their Hearts

• Correcting the Mutation Behind a Genetic Eye Disease

• New Microscopy Technique Challenges Therapeutic Antibody Classification

• Bacteria's Last Will and Testament to Feed Living Relatives

• Same Drug, New Actions: Metabolomics Reveals Hidden Drug Effects

• A Microbe from Poo Suppresses Bacterial Infection

• A Rare White Blood Cell Boosts Cancer-Fighting Immune Cells

• India Maps Genomic Diversity with Nationwide Project

• An AI-Based Model Could Predict Cancer Immunotherapy Outcomes

• Timing Nutrition to Boost Antitumor Immunity

• What Makes Malaria-Infected Cells Stick?

• Understanding the Cellular Landscape that Fuels Endometriosis

• Syncing Cancer Therapy with the Menstrual Cycle May Boost Outcomes

• How the Brain Chooses to Eat or Exercise

• Targeting the Worm Microbiome to Combat Filariasis

• How Bacteria Outsmart Disinfectants

• Mosquitoes Adapt to a Warming Environment

• In a First, Mouse Pups with Two Dads Survive to Adulthood

• How the Mom's Microbiome Shapes a Baby's Long-Term Health

• Sole Fibroblasts Injected into Thighs Help Develop a Thicker Skin

• Understanding the Language of Brain-Muscle Crosstalk

• Postdocs Who Publish Hit Papers Are More Likely to Stay and Succeed in Academia

• An Ancient Grapevine Uncorks Clues About a Deadly Pathogen

• Bacteria Help Worms Brave the Harsh Antarctic Cold

• Genetically Engineered Male Insects Shorten Their Mates' Lifespan

• Neuroscientists Dive into the Biology of Pain

• Why Do People Have Different Eating Habits?

• A Protein That Converts Fat-Storing Cells into Calorie-Burning Cells

• Exerkines: Molecular Messengers That Mediate Exercise Effects

2024

• Reindeers Pave the Way to Regenerative Medicine
  The Scientist

• How Dietary Fructose Fuels Tumor Growth
  The Scientist

• Researchers Discover How Starfish Cut Ties with Their Limbs
  The Scientist

• Modeling the Blood-Brain Barrier in a Dish
  The Scientist

• A Beneficial Bacterium Helps Wounds Heal
  The Scientist

• Diving Into the Brittle Star Genome to Understand Regeneration
  The Scientist

• How the Fly Brain Knows When to Release Insulin
  The Scientist

• An Antibiotic That Distinguishes Friend from Foe
  The Scientist

• Elephant Deaths Trigger a Kodo-Millet Fungus Investigation in India
  The Scientist

• Modeling the Human Cervix on a USB-Sized Chip
  The Scientist

• Model by Chennai, Pune team predicts birth weight from routine scans
  The Hindu

• How cells allocate resources when they face shortages
  IndiaBioscience

• Fathers' Gut Bacteria Impact Offspring Health
  The Scientist

• Ovarian Proteins That Last a Lifetime Help Maintain Egg Cells for Years
  The Scientist

• Nanoparticles Breathe New Life into Lungs
  The Scientist

• Why Timing Matters When Taking Medicines
  The Scientist

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Work on Proteins
  The Scientist

• Study uncovers surprising new 'spatial grammar' of gene expression
  The Hindu

• Nobel Prize for microRNA
  The Scientist

• Previously Unidentified Microbes Detected in Food
  The Scientist

• Vancomycin may not be able to treat MRSA infections for long
  The Hindu

• Why Pain During Wound Healing May be a Good Sign
  The Scientist

• Egyptian fruit bats' neural patterns represent different experimenters
  The Transmitter

• Indian scientists build breakthrough gene-editor
  The Hindu

• Ketamine pill offers hope, and risks, for treatment-resistant depression
  The Hindu

• Deleting a MicroRNA Cluster Reversed Biological Sex in Mice
  The Scientist 

• Malaria drug may treat the root cause of PCOS, early study hints
  Live Science

• Does the brain flush out toxins while you sleep?
  Live Science

• New low-cost MRI machine can improve access to diagnostics in India
  The Hindu

• New 3D map charted with Google AI reveals 'mysterious but beautiful' slice of human brain
  Live Science

• CRISPR can treat common form of inherited blindness, early data hint
  Live Science

• Skin-deep wounds can damage gut health in mice
  New Scientist

• 1st-of-its-kind Parkinson's treatment may slow aggressive disease, trial hints
  Live Science

• Cholesterol gobbling gut bacteria could protect against heart disease
  Live Science

• Men May Succumb to Anesthesia More Easily than Women
  Scientific American

• Growing Milk-Secreting Mammary Organoids
  The Scientist

• 'Very concerning': Microplastics can accumulate in cancer cells and may help them spread, study hints
  Live Science

• The way we name cancers could affect access to treatment, researchers say
  The Hindu

• The skin microbiome could be harnessed as mosquito repellent, study hints
  Live Science

• The untapped potential of stem cells in menstrual blood
  Knowable Magazine (Republished in Popular Science, The Hindu, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance)

2023

• Drug could reduce need for insulin in type 1 diabetes, early trial hints
  Live Science

• Sperm Cell Powerhouses Contain Almost No DNA
  Scientific American

• If Your Cycle is Normal, Why Play with It?
  The Xylom

• Spotlight on inclusive research as women left out of drug research, clinical trials
  Rukhmabai Initiatives

• Trailblazer at the forefront of India's battle against COVID-19
  Rukhmabai Initiatives

• Soldier ants turn into foragers by scientists reprogramming their brains
  Live Science

• Easing the Cervical Cancer Disease Burden in India
  Think Global Health

• Scientists test menstrual products with blood for the first time, and find surprises

The Hindu

• How this millennial doctor demystifies sexual, reproductive health education through Instagram
  Rukhmabai Initiatives

• Booming femtech a silver lining in India’s gender healthcare disparity
  Press Insider

• Cells with bare minimum genes can still evolve as fast as normal cells: Study

The Hindu

• Get less oxygen, live longer? It's true in ageing mice

The Hindu

• Pain, No Gain: Healthcare Gender Gaps Still Remain, Especially in India

The Xylom

• A new 'smart bandage' raises the bar for treating chronic wounds

The Hindu

• Opinion: The case for universal menstrual leave

Undark (Republished in Slate)

• Endometriosis: The long wait for a non-invasive test

The Hindu

• Perspective: How I Suffered With Endometriosis for 14 Years Until I Finally Got My Answers

The Xylom

• Faster, Non-Invasive Endometriosis Tests Are Finally in the Horizon

The Swaddle

2022

• Despite the Science, Hairy Stereotypes Still Plague Curly Hair

The Wire Science

• Endometriosis: When We Don’t Talk About Women’s Health, We Prolong Suffering

The Wire Science