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2026 will be the year that artificial intelligence accelerates multiple aspects of the drug discovery and development pipeline, industry leaders predict.

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A Prime-Editing Based Approach Records Cellular Genetic History

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Tiny Test Tubes Sort Stem Cells for Improved Therapy

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Can the Brain Help Heal a Broken Heart?

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Older Oligodendrocytes Live Longer Despite Damage

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Opinion: Biological Science Rejects the Sex Binary, and That’s Good for Humanity

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FDA Found Anaerobic Bacteria in Sealed Tattoo Inks

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Green Warriors: Algae Microrobots Set to Combat Metastasis

Salmonella living within macrophages can survive antibiotic treatment and potentially give rise to resistance by two different mechanisms that slow or arrest their growth.

Slow Bacterial Growth Enables Antibiotic Resistance

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Night Science Podcast: A Walk on Science’s Creative Side

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Combating Age-Related Motor Decline

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Biotechs Bolster Biosecurity to Safeguard the Future of Nucleic Acid Sequencing

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From Symphony to Structure: Listening to Proteins Fold

February 2026

A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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