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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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Tiny Biomarkers for Small Patients with Brain Injuries

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A CRISPR Tool for Tinkering with the Human Transcriptome

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A Stranger to Oneself: The Mystery of Fetal Microchimerism

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A Cellular Atlas of Gut Inflammation

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Cancers with an Exceptional Cause

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Researchers Use Groovy Science to Understand Gut Feelings

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An Epigenetic Brain Scan

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How the Crimean Congo Virus Sneaks into Cells

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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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