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Bacterial Time Capsules May Inform Future Medicines

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Cellular Competence: Making Recombinant DNA Accessible

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Brush Up: Quorum Sensing in Bacteria and Beyond

Brush Up: Quorum Sensing in Bacteria and Beyond

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Prokaryotes Are Capable of Learning to Recognize Phages

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Bacteria Set Off Viral “Bombs” Inside Neighbors

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Many Bacteria and Archaea Promoters Work Forward and Backward

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Our Pets May Harbor Much More Than Coronavirus

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The Infant Gut Microbiome and Probiotics that Work

Infographic: The Changing Infant Gut Microbiome

Space-Grown Lettuce Is Safe and Astronaut-Approved

Most Extensive Synthetic Genome Project to Date

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What are the Risks and Benefits of a Cold Plunge?

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Why Do Some Women Crave Chocolate Before Their Period?

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Mitochondrial DNA: A Maternal Legacy That Helps Trace the Past and Diagnose the Future

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Transform Omics Workflows with Scalable Cell Prep

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Accelerating Cancer Research Through Comprehensive Genomic Analysis

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Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

A long-term study of nearly 800 patients demonstrated a strong safety profile for T cells engineered with viral vectors.

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TaqMan Probe & Assays: Unveil What's Possible Together

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Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

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Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

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Making Real-Time PCR More Straightforward

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