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Sneha Khedkar

Sneha Khedkar

Assistant editor at The Scientist

Articles by Sneha Khedkar

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NIH Signals a Shift Away from Animal Testing With $150M Investment

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Microscopy Offers a New View into Uterine Repair

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Beyond the Banquets and Tuxedos: The Everyday Lives of Nobel Laureates

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Botanist Chris Thorogood Brings Plants to Life Through Paintings

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The M-Index: A New Metric Puts Mentorship in the Spotlight

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Career Chat: Building a STEM Games Company

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Over 90 Percent of Scientists Admit to Questionable Research Behaviors

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CuSTEMized: Personalized Storybooks Inspire the Next Generation of Female Scientists

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The Human Organ Atlas: A 3D Journey Into the Body

A person looks into the mirror, checking out their eczema flare-up on the face.

A Neuroimmune Link Explains How Stress Gets Under the Skin in Eczema

Forensic experts and a detective at a crime scene. The dead body is covered with a white sheet and is lying in the clearing in the middle of the forest. Studying moss found in such crime scenes can help solve cases.

A Mysterious Moss: How Botanists Help Crack Criminal Cases

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In a First, OB-GYN Medical Group Refuses Federal Funding Over Policy Changes

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September 2026

Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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