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Gene Ontology is an expanding knowledgebase that provides scientists with universal definitions to describe the functions of genes and their products. 

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E.O. Wilson, Renowned Ant Researcher, Dies at 92

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Male Snakes Cannibalizing Females Present Evolutionary Puzzle

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Genetic Risks for Depression Differ Between Ancestral Groups

Advancing Disease Research with Mass Spectrometry

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Opinion: Surgisphere Fiasco Highlights Need for Proper QA

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Opinion: Health Reform in America—Where Are the Scientists?

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ProPublica Creates Database of Researchers’ Conflicts of Interest

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Donald Lindberg, Former NLM Director, Dies

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The Push to Replace Journal Supplements with Repositories

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Moving Towards Individualized Medicine For All

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Opinion: Agriculture Must Replace Small Science with Big Science

New Map Shows Brain Changes Associated with Alzheimer’s

Technique to Track Golden State Killer Suspect Could Find You Too

Hackers Are Breaking into Medical Databases to Protect Patient Data

MyHeritage Account Data Compromised in “Cybersecurity Incident”

Companies to Help People Sell or Rent Out Their Health Data

Aging-Related Diseases May Be a Negative Outcome of Human Evolution

USDA Ordered to Publish Complete Animal Welfare Reports

Kathy Matthews, Drosophila Geneticist, Dies

Parasitologist, Reprogrammed: A Profile of David Roos

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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