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The first issue of the 2025 TS Digest is out today! Explore: 🍺 The causes of endometriosis 🍺 How the moon influences behavior 🍺 Why some people get drunk faster than others and more! Read it all, here: https://ow.ly/k6h750UFk8z

High-sugar diets decreased survival in flies following bacterial infection by dampening immune responses and providing more nutrients for the pathogens. Read more: https://ow.ly/ChQF50UGpxg

Mosquito-borne diseases affect the lives of millions of people worldwide. Fifteen years ago, Luciano Moreira, a vector biologist and project leader of the World Mosquito Program (WMP) in Brazil, helped discover that Wolbachia bacteria blocked the replication of disease-causing viruses carried by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Learn how he and others have taken these results from the bench to the field: https://ow.ly/syQo50UEyHz

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Hungry for some science? This week, learn about what drives food preferences, body weight regulation, and calorie-burning cells. Plus, a newly identified cartilage cell and its implications in plastic surgery!

The concept of gene regulation today is obvious, but once upon a time, it was revolutionary. Step back in time and learn the history of the lac operon, the paradigm of gene regulation. Read more: https://ow.ly/qbjI50UElpg

Anne A. Madden, Ph.D., founder and chief scientific officer of The Microbe Institute, uses her microbial expertise to create arthropod atlases, buggy beer, and communicate concepts to the community. Read the profile, here: https://ow.ly/HwuL50UCxk3

Reliable single-cell sequencing data begins with accurate and reproducible upstream tissue dissociation protocols. Researchers turn to multi-tissue dissociation kits plus versatile homogenization technology to improve single-cell dissociation for a wide range of complex tissues Learn more about this discovery in this new Research Product Blog from The Scientist Creative Service team and Bertin Technologies: https://ow.ly/JQ8650Uz1Ic

New computational and omics technologies allow scientists to better appreciate heterogeneity within tumors and across the tumor microenvironment. In this webinar brought to you by The Scientist, Linghua Wang and Jeremy Goecks will talk about how computational approaches and machine learning help scientists better understand cancer. Register today: https://ow.ly/RLmM50Uzuu7

Scientists performing newborn screening benefit from contemporary protocols and platforms that maximize available bench space through small instrumental footprints and straightforward workflows. In this new blog sponsored by Revvity, learn how dry PCR and the Eonis™ Q system enable accessible, sensitive, and accurate newborn screening for SMA and SCID: https://ow.ly/xAvu50Uz1Pi