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Rebecca Roberts,PhD

Rebecca Roberts, PhD

Articles by Rebecca Roberts, PhD

Rosie, a black dog, rests with her head on a pillow.

ChatGPT and AlphaFold Help Design Personalized Vaccine for Dog with Cancer

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Digital PCR Explained: Absolute Quantification Advantages and Applications

Forensic biologist Kirsty Wright is collecting a buccal swab from a woman for DNA analysis in Thailand after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. She is wearing a dark shirt and cap, and white gloves.

Career Chat: Life As a Forensic Biologist

Kirsty Wright is searching for evidence in a missing persons investigation. She is wearing a blue shirt and glasses. Behind her is dense vegetation and police procedural tape.

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

The green zombie virus under the microscope, on a mottled yellow background.

What Are Giant Viruses, and Are They Dangerous?

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Scientists Use Pharmacogenomics to Provide Personalized Medicine 

Colorful drug capsules, a microscope, DNA, and chemical structures on a blue background, representing the different aspects of molecular diagnostics.

Molecular Diagnostics Provide Powerful Insights Into Disease

A landscape shot of Rainbow Valley, southwest of Alice Springs, in Australia’s Northern Territory. Spectacular red and yellow cliffs sit behind a stretch of red ground.

A Long-Neglected Virus Might Finally Surrender to New Therapies

Silvery-purple spheres are released from the surface of a cell against a blue background.

Extracellular Vesicles: How the Body’s Text Message System Affects Health and Disease

A doctor in a white coat, blue gloves, and surgical mask holds a clear screen showing a gastrointestinal tract and some medical data.

Migraine Drugs Could Provide New Treatment for Gastrointestinal Cancers

A hand holds a magnifying glass over a strip of paper that says ‘GLP-1’. Surrounding strips of paper have words such as ‘weight loss’, ‘semaglutide’, and ‘obesity’.

What Is GLP-1? The Science Behind GLP-1 Drugs

A histology-stained cross-section through the skin shows the detachment of the epidermis seen in toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Deep Visual Proteomics Reveals Path to Treat a Deadly Skin Disease

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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Teems With Mysterious Microbial Life

Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.

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