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Meet COMPASS

December 27, 2013
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Working with faceless beings hidden inside my computer for more than six months was surprisingly easy and productive. Yeah, at…

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The “Cellular Oscars,” Celldance 2013 Video Awards Roll Out a Tiny Red Carpet

December 20, 2013

Time-lapse movies of a cellular “heaven and hell,” a dividing crane fly sperm cell undergoing, and the early development of…

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ASCB 2013 Twitter Highlights

December 19, 2013

Here’s what happened at the 2013 ASCB Annual Meeting as told by Twitter users: [<a href=”//storify.com/ASCBiology/ascb-2013″ target=”_blank”>View the story &#8220;ASCB…

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Twitter Reactions to ASCB 2013

December 18, 2013

Here’s what people said on Twitter about the 2013 ASCB meeting in New Orleans:   [<a href=”//storify.com/ASCBiology/ascb-2013-reactions” target=”_blank”>View the story &#8220;ASCB…

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Controlling Levels of Reactive Oxygen Species Weakens Bacterial Biofilms and Breaks Cycle of Unhealing Wounds

December 17, 2013

It may begin as a “simple” foot blister, but for patients with type 2 diabetes there is nothing simple about…

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Following the Link from Gaucher Disease to Parkinson’s Disease

December 17, 2013

It seems an unlikely connection, and yet there is a significant link between Gaucher disease (GD), a purely genetic disease…

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Suppressing the Microtubule-Cutting Enzyme, Fidgetin, Allows Injured Adult Nerves to Regrow

December 17, 2013

We talk about “hard wiring” the brain but our central nervous system is a work in progress. From the first…

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A Gene Called Sunday Driver Steers Researchers to Answers for Congenital Muscle Disease

December 16, 2013

A whimsically named fly gene, Sunday Driver, a.k.a. syd, and its mammalian analog, JIP3, seem to be in the driver’s…

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Altering the Tumor Microenvironment Yields Startling Results by Blocking Tumor-Associated Macrophages in Glioblastoma

December 15, 2013

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and the most deadly adult primary brain tumor, with an average survival of…

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Spontaneous Fusion with macrophages gives new powers to cancer cells

December 15, 2013
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