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A tiny pilot study found that so-called chameleon vines mimicked plastic leaves, but experts say poor study design and conflicts of interest undermine the report.

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José Baselga, Renowned Oncologist, Dies at 61

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Opinion: The “Money Culture” in Academic Biomedical Research

NIH Raises Concerns About Foreign Influence in Biomedical Research

Industry Partners Extensively Involved in Trials They Fund

Top Breast Cancer Researcher Didn’t Disclose Financial Ties

Anheuser-Busch Won’t Fund Controversial NIH Alcohol Study

Scott Pruitt’s Questionable Practices Exposed

NIH Turned Down Investigators Who Provoked Ire From Alcohol Industry

Editors Claim Censorship at a Public Health Journal

Many Editors of US Medical Journals Receive Industry Funding

National Academies Revise Conflict of Interest Policy

PubMed-Indexed Abstracts to Include COI Statements

Study: Hidden Conflicts of Interest Permeate Medicine

Q&A: From FDA to Industry

Study: Transparency Lacking in Biomedical Literature

Using FOIA to Read Scientists’ Emails

More Transparency in IRB-Industry Ties

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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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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 Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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