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Earlier this year, the Lacks estate settled a lawsuit regarding a company’s profiting off of HeLa cells. The case serves as a reminder of the importance of proper ethics in human research.

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The Quiet Loss of Iranian Scientific Talent in US Labs

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Medical Interventions Rapidly Change Isolated Indigenous Microbiomes

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Science Media Amplifies Male Scientists’ Voices Over Female Ones

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The Matilda Project Spotlights Overlooked Female Scientists through Art

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Science Lost DEI Programs. Now It Needs Something Better

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What Rare Disease Research Teaches Us About the Future of Precision Medicine

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US Could Lose 7 Billion Dollars and Invaluable Research Talent if International Student Enrollments Drop

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Science Outreach Brings STEM to Communities—But It Also Benefits Researchers

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Q&A: Gathering Diverse Microbiome Samples

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

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