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A tumour-derived organoid biobank maps cancer gene dependencies – Nature 0
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- August 6, 2026
Ethical approval and sample collection All necessary ethical approvals to conduct this work and to ensure that the derived organoids could be used for academic and commercial purposes were obtained from each participating clinical site for the collection of patient samples as well as for the Wellcome Sanger Institute for organoid derivation (IRAS ID:203519; REC
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A cholinergic hub in the nucleus accumbens gates opioid-reward learning – Nature 0
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Gillis, A. et al. Critical assessment of G protein-biased agonism at the μ-opioid receptor. Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 41, 947–959 (2020). Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar Varga, B. R., Streicher, J. M. & Majumdar, S. Strategies towards safer opioid analgesics—a review of old and upcoming targets. Br. J. Pharmacol. 180, 975–993 (2023). Article PubMed CAS Google
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An ancient mitochondrial program tunes translation to haem availability – Nature 0
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- August 6, 2026
Cell lines and culture HAP1 cells were cultured in Iscove’s modified Dulbecco’s medium (IMDM) (Thermo Fisher Scientific) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum (FCS) (BioSell) and 1% penicillin–streptomycin–glutamine (PSG) solution (Thermo Fisher Scientific). 293T (HEK293T), A549, HeLa, U2OS, BJEH and HCT116 cells were maintained in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) (Thermo Fisher Scientific) supplemented
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James Bond, not Bond James: why scientific publishing must respect name order 0
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- August 6, 2026
Until nearly the end of the twentieth century, most papers indexed in the Science Citation Index — a database of scientific papers — were written by researchers from Europe and North America. In keeping with the usual naming conventions on those continents, the index puts the given name first and the family name last. Journals,
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Pumas are drivers’ guardian angels 0
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- August 6, 2026
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 06 August 2026 Vehicles are less likely to smash into deer on the road where the big cats are on patrol. Deer living in the presence of pumas (Puma concolor) might favour the daytime, reducing the number of nocturnal collisions with vehicles. Credit: Nicolás Lagos, Panthera The puma, or cougar (Puma concolor), is
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The recovered notes of Professor Alborough 0
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- August 5, 2026
It started off as a silly simulation. I fed the quantum computer everything I knew about the process: how heat pulls flavour from the leaves, how tiny currents move through the cup, how our taste buds respond accordingly. I included one additional control. It was a bit of a joke at first: what if I
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