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Researchers identify a role for PIEZO1 in tendon adaptation, and show that people with certain versions of the Piezo1 gene tend to be better jumpers.

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Non-Concussive Head Hits Influence the Brain’s Microstructure

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College Athletes Experienced Heart Damage After COVID-19: Study

The Race to Nab Cheating Athletes

Pro Football Players Die at a Higher Rate than Pro Baseball Players

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Athletes’ Microbiomes Differ from Nonathletes

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Anti-doping Lab Set for Olympics

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Punch Drunk

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Don’t Dope, Athletes

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

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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