The Literature

In mice, cells in the prefrontal cortex—where memories are maintained long-term—start to encode a fearful experience right from the start.

Scientists have estimated that about half of murine platelet production occurs in the lungs.

Fruit flies and mice grow better and eat less when the amino acid balance of their food reflects that coded by their exomes.

Scientists discover transcripts from the same gene that can express both proteins and noncoding RNA.  

A new approach to immunotherapy finds that the immune-cell clonotypes that come to the rescue start out at very low frequencies.

Time-lapse imaging shows the immune cells transferring chemical signals during pigment pattern formation in developing zebrafish.

Mice engineered to overproduce the organelles involved in cell division spontaneously develop malignancies.

Through similar mechanisms, amino acid depletion in culture and cytokine activity in the tumor microenvironment prompt cancer cells to metastasize.

While studying the progression of healthy cells into cancerous ones, researchers discover a way to engraft human blood cells into animals.

Zebra finches dial down dopamine signaling when they hear errors in a song performance.

An experiment in which people pass each other initially nonrhythmic drumming sequences reveals the human affinity for musical patterns.

 Zebra finches reared by another species learn to sing their foster parents’ song with rhythms characteristic of their genetic background.