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Elwood Jensen, whose research inspired new treatments for breast cancer, has passed away at age 92.
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A microfluidic device scans individual C. elegans for abnormal traits and sorts wild-type animals from mutants.
Gregory Hannon believes in taking risks—an approach that’s enabled him to make exciting new discoveries in the world of small RNAs.
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