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Balancing act

Inflammation is both our body’s best natural defense and the underlying cause of many serious, chronic illnesses. How do you treat a dangerous condition that’s also a fundamental biological process?

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Lab partners

In Sanford M. Simon’s lab, patients and scientists work side by side to investigate a rare cancer. Their collaboration is resulting in a host of significant discoveries.

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FOREFRONT

Insights and ideas from Rockefeller labs

How does addiction rewire the brain? What’s the connection between breast cancer and sensory neurons? Can we trust AI to guide drug discovery?

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Junyue Cao

Single-cell sequencing is transforming how scientists think about disease. Junyue Cao is transforming the science of single-cell sequencing.

Single-cell sequencing is transforming how scientists think about disease. Junyue Cao is transforming the science of single-cell sequencing.

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Upping our game

One day, Elizabeth Campbell got a call from a group of frustrated researchers at the University of Zurich. The Swiss scientists were trying to coax the antibiotic fidaxomicin—commonly used to treat infections from C. difficile (a germ that typically att...

One day, Elizabeth Campbell got a call from a group of frustrated researchers at the University of Zurich. The Swiss scientists were trying to coax the antibiotic fidaxomicin—commonly used to treat infections from C. difficile (a germ that typically att...

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The mechanics of memory

Memory underpins our sense of being a person, a continuous “me” to whom experiences happen and stick. A search to understand its basic machinery led scientists to the center of the brain—and toward new questions about the self

Memory underpins our sense of being a person, a continuous “me” to whom experiences happen and stick. A search to understand its basic machinery led scientists to the center of the brain—and toward new questions about the self