Spatial Biology – News and Features

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Self-Supervised AI Used To Analyze Millions of Cells
Self-supervised AI could offer a promising approach for analyzing 20 million cells or more.

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Gut Immune Cells Undergo Surprising Relocation To Fight Infections
Pathogen-fighting immune cells go through a surprising transformation and relocation as they fight infections in the gut.

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Protein Printing Technique Helps Scientists Recreate the Human Gut
A contact protein printing technique enables researchers to control the formation of villi in human gut models, making it possible to study key cellular processes and disease-associated changes.

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Long-Read Sequencing and AI Shed Light on DNA Replication
Combining long-read DNA sequencing with a predictive artificial intelligence model has provided new insights into DNA replication.

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Rare Liver Cancer’s Unique Characteristics Identified
New insights into fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma could lead to new drugs and significantly improved health outcomes.

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Infection-Triggered Autoimmune Disease Driven by Mutations in “Rogue” Immune Cells
Garvan Institute researchers discovered how chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections lead to autoimmune diseases like cryoglobulinemic vasculitis. By identifying rogue B cell clones caused by persistent antibody clustering and mutations.

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Machine Learning Used To Create Scalable Solution for Single-Cell Analysis
A machine learning algorithm has been developed to deliver more accurate results from single-cell gene expression database analysis.

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Plant Cells Enter a Specialized Immune State When It’s Time To Fight Disease
Salk researchers reveal PRIMER cells as central to plant immune defense, coordinating responses to pathogens in collaboration with neighboring "bystander" cells. Using advanced cell profiling, they uncovered the transcription factor GT-3a.

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New Framework Examines How Neural Networks Learn To Label Genomic Data
A new framework has used neural network training dynamics to interpret single-cell and spatial omics data.

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Sweet Spot of Mitochondrial Mutations Fuels Cancer Growth
St. Jude researchers reveal that moderate levels of mitochondrial DNA mutations boost leukemia growth by increasing metabolic plasticity, while high mutation levels shut down tumor development.
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