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How geography acts as a structural determinant of health

In unincorporated communities in the United States-Mexico borderlands, historically and socially marginalized populations become invisible to the healthcare system, showing that geography acts as a structural determinant of health for low-income populations.

Getting dynamic information from static snapshots

Researchers have created TopicVelo, a powerful new method of using the static snapshots from scRNA-seq to study how cells and genes change over time. This will help researchers better study how embryos develop, cells differentiate, cancers form, and the immune system reacts.

How is the King's cancer treatment going?

King Charles at an Easter church service

The King's medical team are "sufficiently pleased" with his progress after he was diagnosed with cancer in February....

Illusion helps demystify the way vision works

Research shows that a certain kind of visual illusion, neon color spreading, works on mice. The study is also the first to combine the use of two investigative techniques called electrophysiology and optogenetics to study this illusion. Results from experiments on mice settle a long-standing debate in neuroscience about which levels of neurons within the brain are responsible for the perception of brightness.

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How geography acts as a structural determinant of health

Getting dynamic information from static snapshots

How is the King's cancer treatment going?

Illusion helps demystify the way vision works

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