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Sherif Zaki worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more than 30 years, and was renowned for uncovering crucial intel on various outbreak-causing scourges, from Ebola and Zika to SARS and influenza.

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Second Person Dies in Latest Ebola Outbreak in DRC

Two Experimental Drugs Effective at Treating Ebola

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Questions Surround Canadian Shipment of Deadly Viruses to China

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Uganda Launching New Experimental Ebola Vaccine Trial

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Measles Kills Thousands in Democratic Republic of Congo

Experimental Ebola Treatments Approved for Use in Uganda

Isolated Ebola Cases Hard to Diagnose, Go Undetected

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Three Ebola Cases Identified in Uganda

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Ebola Deaths Increase and Violence Threatens Safety of Operations

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The Gollum Effect: 44 Percent of Scientists Report Territorial Research Experiences

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December 2025, Issue 1

Wooden Neurons: An Artistic Vision of the Brain

A neurobiologist, who loves the morphology of cells, turns these shapes into works of art made from wood.

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Human iPSC-derived Models for Brain Disease Research

Human iPSC-derived Models for Neurodegenerative Disease Research

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Exploring the Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment 

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