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The Promise and Perils of Weight Loss Drugs

This article examines the rise of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, highlighting their effectiveness in obesity and diabetes management while addressing concerns over side effects, mental health risks, high costs and long-term sustainability.

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The Rise of Single-Cell Sequencing: A Window Into Cellular Diversity

This infographic highlights single-cell sequencing workflows, multiomics integration and emerging applications that are reshaping biomedical research across fields from developmental biology to personalized medicine.

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Microdosing Psychedelics: Hype, Hope or Science?

Microdosing psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin is gaining popularity, but science remains inconclusive. Small studies report modest benefits in mood, focus and sleep, though placebo effects loom large.

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Industry Insight

Beyond the Scale: How Targeted Weight Loss Transforms Metabolic Health and Lowers Healthcare Costs

Weight loss isn’t just cosmetic; it prevents chronic disease, saves money and improves mental and physical well-being. Explore the latest weight loss research and learn how even moderate weight loss can transform metabolic health.

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Industry Insight

Beyond the Scale: How Targeted Weight Loss Transforms Metabolic Health and Lowers Healthcare Costs

Weight loss isn’t just cosmetic; it prevents chronic disease, saves money and improves mental and physical well-being. Explore the latest weight loss research and learn how even moderate weight loss can transform metabolic health.

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Industry Insight

Transforming Sample Prep for Mass Spectrometry

At the recent American Society for Mass Spectrometry conference in Baltimore, Technology Networks sat down with Dr. Nikhil Rao to learn more about Microscoop® Mint, an advanced sample preparation platform.

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Brain’s "Reset Button" Helps Us Remember Life as Events, Not Streams

New research reveals that the locus coeruleus, a tiny brainstem region, helps organize memories by marking event boundaries. Using fMRI and pupil tracking, scientists found it signals when new experiences begin, aiding memory formation.

Neurons Are Equipped With "Backup Batteries" for Times of Stress

A new Yale study has revealed that neurons – the energy-hungry cells that connect and direct activity in the brain – are equipped with “backup batteries” that kick in to keep the brain running during periods of metabolic stress.

Brain Blood Vessels Use Cell Network To Direct Oxygen Where Needed

Harvard researchers have identified a communication system in the brain’s blood vessels that directs blood flow to active regions. Endothelial cells send rapid signals through gap junctions to adjust vessel diameter and oxygen delivery.

Improving Brain Blood Flow by Targeting Microglia Could Help Fight Alzheimer’s

Research has found that immune cells called microglia play an essential role in determining how well tiny capillaries deliver blood and essential nourishment to our brains, and thus could be contributing to neurodegenerative disease.

Emotional Toll of Early Menopause Goes Beyond Hormone Loss

A study of nearly 350 women with early menopause (POI) finds 30% suffer depressive symptoms. Risk is linked to grief, poor support, and severe symptoms, not hormone therapy. Researchers emphasize the need for integrated care.

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How Digital Biomarkers Enable Patient-Centric Clinical Trials

Explore how digital biomarkers are transforming clinical trials with real-time data, continuous monitoring and AI-driven patient insights.

Neuroethics and the Future of the Animal Rights Movement

This article explores some of the reasons animal models are used in neuroscience and how this could change in the future.

Modeling Tauopathy: How New Mouse Models Could Help Map Alzheimer’s Disease

While amyloid-beta has been a central focus in drug development, increasing evidence points to tau pathology as a more accurate predictor of disease progression. This is where the work of Dr. Naoto Watamura could be vital.

SMART Templates Break CRISPR’s PAM Barrier With 10× Editing Reach

Scientists have developed SMART (silently mutate and repair template), a strategy that dramatically expands the editable range of CRISPR targets by redesigning the repair template without changing the enzyme.

Alzheimer’s Risk Factors Examined in First North African Study

Read how the North African Dementia Registry will use multiomics data to reveal new insights on Alzheimer’s genetic risk.

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Parkinson’s Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Advances

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Spatial Transcriptomics in Neuroscience

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How Proteomics Is Transforming Aging Research

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Exploring the Knowledge Transfer Programme

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Learn How the Brain Ages at the Cellular Level

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Wireless Implants for Simultaneous Stimulation and Recording of Neural Activity

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Expert Tips for Reproducible Neuronal Research

This guide provides field-tested strategies and expert insights to help achieve consistent, reproducible MEA results with human iPSC-derived neurons.

Lab Sustainability Strategies To Support Your Research

Download this guide to discover how to assess and reduce your lab's purchasing and waste footprint, integrate sustainability into your safety protocols and research practices and engage your team to drive collective impact.

Four Hacks for Culturing Neurons

Human iPSC-derived excitatory neurons provide helpful physiologically relevant cell models to investigate neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, although achieving healthy neuronal cultures can be challenging.

How To Build an Effective Protein Degrader

This guide highlights the four major stages of targeted protein degradation, the challenges at each step, and the questions you should ask yourself to ensure your final product will result in a complete protein degradation.

How To Address NGS Challenges

Download this guide to learn how to select the appropriate NGS method and sequencing platform, deal with samples of variable quality, and set up and manage the data analysis pipeline.

Webinars & Online Events

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Master MEA Experiments With iPSC-Derived Neurons

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Episode 4: Panel Discussion on Collaborative Initiatives

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Episode 3: Sustainable Technologies & Laboratory Design

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How AI and Machine Learning Can Improve Scientific Data Handling

How To Get Started With Spatial Biology

Five Steps Towards the Human Cell Atlas

Five Applications of Single-Cell Analysis Technologies

Sequencing the Brain

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