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A burgeoning area of investigation is focused on how cells can be customized to perform certain functions, bringing us closer to realizing long-imagined medical and basic science applications. Learn more in a special issue of Science on #CellEngineering: scim.ag/El

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Competition between respiratory viruses may hold off a “tripledemic” this winter. Learn more: scim.ag/Ie

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In Science, researchers report new details in the head of the lobopodian Cardiodictyon catenulum, revealing the ancestry of the arthropod segmented brain. Learn more ⬇️ 📄: scim.ag/Ib #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/Ic

Researchers in

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present a new above-knee prosthetic design that harnesses the power of the toe joint to replicate the key biomechanics of the leg. Learn more: scim.ag/I8

Visa bureaucracy makes scientific conferences inaccessible for too many researchers

"Many scholars born in ostracized countries face...drawn-out, oftentimes years-spanning processes when we need to travel. The obstacles take a toll on our professional development...and our mental health,"

@OmidVEbrahimi

writes in this #ScienceWorkingLife.

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“To truly foster inclusivity, meetings must be hosted in more open countries,” this researcher writes

Scientists have answered a longstanding question about how the highly studied #TGFbeta activates the kinase Src, an enzyme linked to the development and progression of #cancer. Check out the paper in

"In March, the global community agreed to establish a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution. To deliver on this goal, the treaty needs to cover all issues of plastics chemicals as an inseparable part of the problem," writes this #LetterToScience: scim.ag/I2

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New in Science: A global study of human water requirements shows how water turnover—the water used by the body daily—differs and is determined by a variety of factors in people across the globe. scim.ag/I1

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Leveraging a three-dimensional model of human skin, scientists have made new discoveries about the role of the TGF-beta signaling pathway in normal #SkinBiology and in the spread of invasive skin tissue.

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Grazing is the most extensive type of land use worldwide, but how does it affect a region’s ecosystem services? A new Science study shows that its impact depends on its interaction with other factors such as biodiversity, climate, and soil composition. scim.ag/HT

Science Advances

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Researchers have developed a glucose-responsive microneedle patch that enables closed-loop delivery of both insulin and glucagon for #diabetes treatment. Learn more in this week’s issue of Science Advances: scim.ag/HK

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Labor advantages may explain why researchers at prestigious institutions produce high numbers of manuscripts, a new

study reports. scim.ag/HO

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“Human enhancement” refers to a range of interventions and technologies that aim at improving human beings beyond what is considered typical or normal. A new #SciencePolicyForum looks at the ethical guidelines for research and development in this area. scim.ag/HG

Stanford president’s research under investigation

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We regret this error, apologize to the scientific community, and will be sharing our next steps as they relate to these two papers as soon as possible. (3/3) ⬇️ 📄: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc 📄: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc

Tessier-Lavigne immediately contacted Science and agreed to follow up. Working with Science editorial, Tessier-Lavigne prepared Errata for both papers. However, due to an error on our part, Science never posted these Errata. (2/3)

In reviewing records following a story in The Stanford Daily, it is clear that in October 2015, Marc Tessier-Lavigne became aware of issues with images in two Science studies on which he was co-author published in February 2001 and March 2001. (1/3) 🧵

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Marc Tessier-Lavigne faces years of allegations of scientific misconduct in his research, including papers he co-authored containing images which researchers say appear “definitely photoshopped.

A new gnat-inspired flight control system could help milligram-scale robots stabilize themselves while flying and hovering in response to changing air conditions, without increasing power consumption or mass. Learn more in

The application of synthetic biology approaches to study development opens the possibility to build and manipulate developmental processes to understand them better. Learn more: scim.ag/ce4 #ScienceReview

With increasing evidence that microbes colonize tumors, synthetic biology tools are being leveraged to repurpose bacteria as tumor-specific delivery systems. scim.ag/ce3 #ScienceReview

A new #ScienceReview investigates current progress in treating human disease with immune cell therapeutics, emerging strategies for immune cell engineering, and challenges facing the field. scim.ag/ce2

A new era of biological engineering is emerging in which living cells are used as building blocks to address therapeutic challenges. Read more in a new #ScienceReview: scim.ag/ce1

A burgeoning area of research is focused on how cells can be customized to perform functions that bring us closer to realizing long-imagined medical and basic science applications. Learn more in a new special issue on #CellEngineering: scim.ag/El (THREAD) 🧵

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Viewpoint reviews recent developments in #immunotherapy for solid tumors and highlights progress in translational research and clinical practice. scim.ag/Ht

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🎉 Congratulations to Florian Schmidt, winner of the 2022 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists for his work in developing Record-seq—a breakthrough technology that records the interactions of microbiota in the gut noninvasively. Learn more: scim.ag/Hs

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While language separates humans from non-human primates, a neuroimaging study in

finds macaque monkeys can also read body language. scim.ag/Hq

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Researchers have developed a #mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine that contains antigens from all 20 known subtypes of influenza A & B viruses—a strategy that may serve as the basis for universal flu vaccines. 📄: scim.ag/Ho #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/Hp

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Neutropenic fever from chemotherapy treatments for #cancer is linked to mucin-degrading bacteria in the gut, suggesting possible treatment strategies for this condition.

Pyridine is a launch point for creating a wide range of chemicals. Two new techniques for modifying its ring present possible pathways to generate a wider variety of agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, and material compounds. Learn more: scim.ag/Hl #SciencePerspective

In the new book Between Light and Storm, writer

@EWoolfson

probes humanity’s often fraught and paradoxical relationships with other creatures. Read the

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review by

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: scim.ag/Hh

Seth Thomas Scanlon

@ImmunoEditor

Nov 25

This week's special issue on #CellEngineering in

includes: • a review on future of #engineered #immunotherapies by Darrell Irvine,

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, David Mooney, & Wilson Wong: bit.ly/Sci_abq6990

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Hensley Lab

@SCOTTeHENSLEY

Nov 25

We developed a new multivalent mRNA vaccine against all known influenza virus subtypes. Our study describing the vaccine was just published in

A multivalent nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine against all known influenza virus subtypes

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mRNA vaccines expressing antigens from all known influenza subtypes elicit protective responses in mice and ferrets.

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Miki Ebisuya

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Nov 26

Our review on synthetic developmental biology is out

Scaling up complexity in synthetic developmental biology

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and

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discussed what developmental processes have been reconstituted/controlled so far and what tools/approaches will be the key in the next stages.

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Science Signaling

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This week’s new issue of Science Signaling has arrived! Research demystifies how an enzyme coordinates nutrient retention in the kidneys, a recent scientific meeting celebrates a pioneer in calcium signaling, and more. scim.ag/Hd

The development of highly integrated and miniaturized communication technologies and circuit systems and the urgent demand for lower power dissipations have put forward higher requirements for the development of thermoelectric cooling. scim.ag/H8 #SciencePerspective

The STAT5 pathway plays a key role in helper T cell development and proliferation by controlling responses to the cytokine IL-2, finds a new bioinformatics study in cell cultures. Learn more in

New research in

supports the hypothesis that Séítah formation rocks on Mars represent olivine cumulates altered by fluids far from chemical equilibrium at low water-rock ratios. scim.ag/je3

Clear images from

’s Mastcam-Z cameras help characterize the geological properties of Jezero crater on Mars, including rocks potentially of volcanic origin, an ancient river delta, and local dust storms. scim.ag/je2