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Researchers overseeing the clinical trial for the first FDA-approved oral contraceptive claimed the drug gave the Puerto Rican participants power over their family planning. Critics claimed the women were exploited.

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Ten Years On, CAR T Cell Recipient Is Still Cancer-Free

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Participant’s Diagnosis Halts Gene Therapy Clinical Trial

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Gene Therapy Continues to Benefit Kids with Immunodeficiency

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Johnson & Johnson Pauses COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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