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Anna Napolitano, PhD

Articles by Anna Napolitano, PhD

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Centromere Sequencing Fills Gaps in Human Cell Line Genome

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A Novel Tool to Explore the Gut-brain Connection

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New Synthetic E. coli Is Immune to Bacteriophage Infection

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Delayed T cell Response Allows Tuberculosis to Gain Foothold in Monkeys

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Neurons Damaged in Dementia Recognize Interruptions to Patterns

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DNA Methylation Could Predict Ovarian, Breast Cancers

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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