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Large Scientific Collaborations Aim to Complete Human Genome

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White House Names Monica Bertagnolli as NCI Director

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HHMI to Award More than $1 Billion to Promote Equity in Research

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The Right Chemistry, 1935

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Q&A: A Randomized Approach to Awarding Grants

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Analysis: Asian Researchers Scarce Among Biomedical Award Winners

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Researchers Identify 14 New Shrew Species 

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HHMI Kickstarts $2 Billion Initiative to Boost Diversity in STEM

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Genetic Risks for Depression Differ Between Ancestral Groups

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Longer Days Led to Oxygen Buildup on Early Earth: Study

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Survey Finds Lack of Diversity Among Journal Editors

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How STEM Can Be More Inclusive of Scientists with Disabilities

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A New Human Reference Genome Represents the Most Common Sequences

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Initiative Addresses Racial Disparities in Neuroscience

Black in X Addresses Long-Standing Inequity in STEM

New Genome Sequences Reveal Undescribed African Migration

New Map Charts Genetic Expression Across Tissue Types, Sexes

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An Open Letter: Scientists and Racial Justice

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Universe 25 Experiment

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

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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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