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What Scientists Learned by Putting Octopuses in MRI Machines

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Cuttlefish Delay Gratification, a Sign of Smarts

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Cephalopod Genomes Contain Thousands of Conserved RNA Editing Sites

Genome Digest

Light Sensors in Cephalopod Skin

Squid-Inspired Electric Elastomer

Cephalopod Coddling

How the Octopus Keeps Its Arms Straight

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Cephalopod-Inspired Robot

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Behavior Brief

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Mitochondrial DNA: A Maternal Legacy That Helps Trace the Past and Diagnose the Future

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A Man Who Survived Hundreds of Snakebites Helped Scientists Develop a Potent Antivenom

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What are the Risks and Benefits of a Cold Plunge?

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Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

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Exploring the Gut-Lung Axis in Health and Disease

Exploring the Gut-Lung Axis in Health and Disease

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Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

A long-term study of nearly 800 patients demonstrated a strong safety profile for T cells engineered with viral vectors.

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Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

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Making Real-Time PCR More Straightforward

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Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

Characterizing Immune Memory to COVID-19 Vaccination

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Applied Biosystems™ VeriFlex™ System: True Temperature Control for PCR Protocols

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BioSkryb Genomics and Tecan introduce a single-cell multiomics workflow for sequencing-ready libraries in under ten hours

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