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James M. Gaines

Articles by James M. Gaines

Illustration of fingerprint pattern formation showing Turing wave propagation—why do we have fingerprints?

Finally, Scientists Uncover the Genetic Basis of Fingerprints

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Monir Moniruzzaman Studies the Secrets of Giant Viruses

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Research Pinpoints the Neurons Behind Feeling Sick

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This Fungus Has More Than 17,000 Sexes

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David Gate Probes Links Between Alzheimer’s and the Immune System

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Years of Prozac Alter Lipids in Young Monkeys’ Brains: Study

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies