Jennifer Philips, an infectious disease researcher and physician at Washington University in St. Louis, investigates Mycobacterium tuberculosis. She and Ekansh Mittal, an instructor in the same institution, wear laboratory coats and are seated. An image of bacterial cells can be seen in a computer screen on the background.

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A group of people in a laboratory. Lab equipment is seen on the bench.

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Red blood cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum parasites.

Immune cells are labeled with a red marker. HIV particles (green) from an infected cell are transferred to an uninfected cell via direct cell-to-cell contact.

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Cells infected with the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Olivier Schwartz, a virologist at the Pasteur Institute, studies HIV and other human pathogenic viruses. He wears a gray pullover and glasses.

The human Microbiome, the genetic material of all the microbes that live on and inside the human body.

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The Art of Microbial Disguise

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A stylized futuristic outline of a human brain.

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Front and side views of Ultima Genomics&rsquo; UG100 genome sequencing platform.

ThinkCyte&rsquo;s VisionSort multi-laser flow cytometer

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Meteor Biotech&rsquo;s CosmoSort spatial cell sorter

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A photo depicting the contents of the CRISPR in a Box kit.

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PhysioMimix&reg; Single-Organ Higher Throughput (HT) System

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A photo of a scientist loading their prepared library into a flow cell docked within the MinION device.

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2024 Top 10 Innovations

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Photo of Dror Kolodkin-Gal pointing at a section of an AI-generated image on a screen.

Detection or Deception: The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Research Misconduct

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New artificial intelligence tools help scientists fight back against a rising tide of research misconduct, but is it enough?

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors. 

3D illustration of a gold lipid nanoparticle with pink nucleic acid inside of it. Purple and teal spikes stick out from the lipid bilayer representing polyethylene glycol.

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A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

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A Space Sequence Saga

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Illustration shows multiple hands holding phones displaying fake news on the screen.

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Let&#39;s Keep Science Real

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How to Catalyze RNA and DNA Extraction Success

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Colorful assortment of genes in a glass jar and hands entering the picture presenting different numerical guesses.

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Cells with chromosomes in their nuclei against a blue background. A zoom-in on one chromosome shows additional detail, including telomeres and double-stranded DNA.

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How Many Genes Do Humans Have?

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A photo of the Protein Plus BCT&trade; for whole blood samples.&nbsp;

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How to Preserve Blood Sample Integrity for Proteomic Analysis

Liisa Galea smiles at the camera while wearing a purple shirt and black jacket.

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A white and tan mother rat watches over several rat pups.

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A white and tan mother rat watches over several rat pups.&nbsp;

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Babies on the Brain

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An infographic describing the workflow for the LysA&trade; Universal PARylation Assay Kit. Cells are lysed, creating a protein lysate solution. The lysate is then probed with antibodies to determine the amount of PARylation using chemiluminescence.

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Prioritizing PARylation in DNA Damage and Repair

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An illustration of a female astronaut working on DNA experiments in space.

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Kate Rubins conducts experiments on the ISS.

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Interview

The researcher Sini&#x0161;a Hrvatin wears a blue shirt and smiles at the camera. He stands in front of a painting.

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Unveiling the Mysteries of Hibernation and Torpor

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A woman looks shocked as a radioactive waste container leaks onto the floor in front of the exit door.

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When the Floor is Radioactive

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A scientist in the middle of the screen is in a lab coat in a laboratory on the left but is dressed in a suit giving a scientific presentation in a board room on the right.

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Starting Up a New Endeavor

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Image of a smiling woman in a blue jacket as she stands next to a microscope.

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A Cell-by-Cell Map of the Entire Mouse Brain

Image of the Day

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Science Crossword Puzzle

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Astronaut Kathleen Rubins and her samples do not settle when it comes to space biology.