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The use of targetable chromatin modifiers has ushered in a new era of functional epigenomics.

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A decade of research on intercellular mitochondrial transfer has answered some long-standing questions and raised new ones.

Academic research could be strengthened by thinking more and doing less.

The experimental vaccine protects monkeys against the coronavirus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome and elicits an immune response in camels.

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The University of Missouri returns subsidies for health benefits; New Mexico State University takes them away, offering a raise in return.

Researchers accidentally discover the first liver-tropic virus that infects non-primates.

Two studies point to the possibility that a single vaccine could protect against every strain of flu virus.

The multiple sclerosis treatment has yet to be tested in Phase 3 clinical trials.

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This year marks the 150th anniversary of an autopsy report describing the first known case of a sexual development disorder.

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Marie-Paule Kieny started off her comment oh so right, but then continued oh so wrong.  In this case, forget the bioethicists. Kieny should have said, "We need to tell the bioethicists that there is no other choice."


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