Synthetic Biology is an emerging, trans-disciplinary field at the intersection between many engineering and scientific disciplines such as biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, electrical…
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Biology & Life Sciences Synthetic Biology: Metabolic EngineeringView Collection
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Biology & Life Sciences Open Highlights: A Swarm of Bee ResearchView Collection
Bees are amazing little creatures; while some of them live solitary lifestyles, many bee species form large colonies and function as a superorganism. This Open Highlight Collection examines some of…
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Biology & Life Sciences Open Highlights: Sex Chromosomes Do it DifferentlyView Collection
How do the sexes compensate for having different chromosome complements? This Open Highlights Collection assesses recent insights into the complex and diverse solutions that living things have found…
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Biology & Life Sciences ImmunobiologyView Collection
Immunobiology is the study of the components that make up the body's immune system, how these arise during embryogenesis and function together, and how they evolve in different organisms in response…
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Medicine & Health ImmunodeficiencyView Collection
The Clinical Immunology Collection has been organized into broad categories in response to the commonly articulated request from our users that we provide more structured and efficient access to…
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Medicine & Health Autoimmune DiseasesView Collection
The Clinical Immunology Collection has been organized into broad categories in response to the commonly articulated request from our users that we provide more structured and efficient access to…
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Medicine & Health Tumor ImmunologyView Collection
The Clinical Immunology Collection has been organized into broad categories in response to the commonly articulated request from our users that we provide more structured and efficient access to…
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Biology & Life Sciences Open Highlights: Wreaking Reproductive Havoc One Chemical at a TimeView Collection
This Open Highlights Collection explores recent research into the adverse effects of environmental synthetic chemicals on development and reproduction…
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Biology & Life Sciences Slice of PLOS: Bacteria’s Social MediaView Collection
Perhaps when you think of bacterial communities you think of a flask full of rapidly dividing E. coli. But in non-lab conditions, bacteria grow in complex, heterogeneous communities composed of…
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Biology & Life Sciences Slice of PLOS: The Beauty of ButterfliesView Collection
Butterflies’ special place in human culture stems from the fact that they have used their wings not only for flight, but as a canvas for some of the most striking patterns in nature. Evolving…