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2026 Breakthrough Prize Recognizes the Shared Genetic Cause of ALS and FTD

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Study Offers a “Treasure Trove” of Clues to Sex Specific Gene Expression in the Brain

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PowerFlex™ Thermal Cycler: Leading PCR performance and productivity for modern labs

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Advancing Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Detection

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Decoding the Human Genome

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Epigenetic Clocks Power Biological Age Data, But Why Do Results Differ Across Tests?

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The Long Road to Complete the Human Genome Project

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Understanding Long-Read cDNA Sequencing for Rare Genetic Disease

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From Discovery to Cure: How CRISPR Came of Age

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Streamlined mRNA Synthesis with Linear DNA Templates

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Epic Fail: From Reagent Regret to Sample Rescue

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Using Site-Saturation Variant Libraries to Understand Viral Evolution

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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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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

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

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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