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Reductions in federal reimbursement rates for institutional research facilities and administration costs could bankrupt America’s research universities.

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Postdoc Portrait: Renan Souza

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Nasal Cells Fight the Common Cold Via Interferons

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Cancer Mortality in the United States Is Decreasing Steadily

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Meet the Team: Stephanie DeMarco

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Aging Research Takes the Spotlight During JPM Week at the 2026 Biotech Showcase

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Diatoms Help Scientists Assess Climate Change Over Millennia

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Glutamatergic Synapses Act as a Hub for Intellectual Disability

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How Fat Type Shapes Hypertension Risk

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Compression Technique Shrinks the Size of Massive Pangenome Data Stores

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Postdoc Portrait: Annika Bremhorst

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Pregnant Women with IBD Have Increased Vaginal Inflammation

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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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