New model frames human reinforcement learning in the context of memory and habits

Humans and most other animals are known to be strongly driven by expected rewards or adverse consequences. The process of ...
Nature

The pancreatic cancer models helping to drive innovation in the field

Cellular, animal and computational models of the disease are providing fresh insights into biology and treatment.
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Scientists capture most detailed look inside DNA droplets

High-resolution imaging has revealed the internal layout of chromatin condensates, showing how DNA fibers fold and interact ...

Shining a spotlight on polyploid cells: New tool uncovers spatial patterns of DNA content across tissues

A collaborative effort by the Formosa-Jordan lab from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, ...

Mobile DNA elements reveal their role in lung cancer progression

Using lung cancer biospecimens from the Sherlock-Lung study, an international team led by National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...

Akari Therapeutics Highlights Preclinical Data Demonstrating Therapeutic Potential of Lead Candidate, AKTX-101, for Hard-to-Treat K-Ras Mutant Pancreatic Cancer

Data highlights the ability of Akari’s Trop2 ADC, AKTX-101, to kill K-Ras G12V mutated cancer cell lines in preclinical ...
eLife

Functional analysis across model systems implicates ribosomal proteins in growth and proliferation defects associated with hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Cross-species functional genomics identify ribosomal protein genes as key regulators of cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart development, implicating them as candidate modifiers for HLHS and ...

A new reference brain could make the clonal raider ant a go-to model species for neuroscience

Every clonal raider ant lives a nearly identical life. Each new generation of these blind, queenless ants is born at the same ...