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BEACON: How Benchmarking Combats the Reproducibility Crisis in Modern Science

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It’s Not Safe to Leave Biosecurity to the Honor System

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A HeLa Lawsuit Is Over. The Ethics Debate Over Human Samples Isn't.

Research Ethics

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Drug Regulation: Science’s Imperfect Art

By Sangeetha Aravinda, MBBS and Aravinda Chinnadurai, MD, DNB | | 5 min read

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Fake Authors, Real Citations: Scientists Discovered a Preprint Plagiarism Network

By Retraction Watch | | 5 min read

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Editor Authored 58 Percent of Conference Papers, Publisher Retracts Them All

By Retraction Watch | | 2 min read

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Over 90 Percent of Scientists Admit to Questionable Research Behaviors

By Sneha Khedkar | | 4 min read

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Why Animal Research Needs a New Communication Strategy

By Naomi Charalambakis, PhD | | 5 min read

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Nearly Ten Percent of Cancer Papers Flagged as Potentially Fake

By Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | | 4 min read

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138 Case Reports in a Pediatric Medical Journal Turned Out to be Fake

By Retraction Watch | | 5 min read

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Turmoil Erupts at Wiley Journal Whose Editor is Cited in Over Half of its Papers

By Retraction Watch | | 4 min read

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A History of HeLa Cells: How the Immortal Cells Advanced Biomedical Science

By Ivan Martinez, PhD | The Conversation | | 4 min read

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Why Data Integrity Is an Ethical Obligation, Not Just a Scientific One

By Greg Tietjen, PhD and Jenna DiRito, PhD | | 5 min read

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Career Chat: Life As a Forensic Biologist

By Rebecca Roberts, PhD | | 4 min read

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Bioethicist Alta Charo Addresses the Importance of Ethics in Research and Therapies

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

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Brain-Computer Interface Advances Help Reconnect the Mind and Body

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Universe 25 Experiment

A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal space is essential to prevent societal collapse, but Universe 25's relevance to humans remains disputed.

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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Flawed Studies Linked Menopausal Hormone Therapy to Breast Cancer

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Resipher: Continuous Live-Cell Mitochondrial Respiration Monitoring in 96-Well Plates

Resipher measures cellular respiration (OCR) continuously in standard 96-well plates inside your incubator, for days to weeks. No media swaps, dyes, or transfers. A live-cell functional readout for drug safety, metabolism, and mitochondrial health.

Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

Explore emerging mechanisms of immune checkpoint inhibitor resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and how combination immunotherapy strategies may improve antitumor immune responses and patient-specific treatment approaches.

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Using TCR Repertoire Sequencing to Advance Immunology Research

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Resipher: Continuous Live-Cell Mitochondrial Respiration Monitoring in 96-Well Plates

Resipher measures cellular respiration (OCR) continuously in standard 96-well plates inside your incubator, for days to weeks. No media swaps, dyes, or transfers. A live-cell functional readout for drug safety, metabolism, and mitochondrial health.

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