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As the new agency’s director, the DARPA veteran will spearhead a high-risk, high-reward approach to biomedical research.

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Reorganization Would Shift Responsibility for US Pandemic Response

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Biden Orders More Research on Long COVID

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Robert Califf Confirmed to Lead FDA

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Harvard Chemist Found Guilty of Lying About Chinese Funding

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Lawrence Tabak Tapped to Serve as Interim NIH Head

Judge Rules Unreported Clinical Trial Data Must Be Made Public

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Opinion: Disclosures Scientists Must Make of Foreign Ties

Trump Proposes Significant Cuts to NIH for 2021 Budget

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Trump Administration to Weaken Migratory Bird Protections

NIH Considering New Recommendations on Sexual Harassment Policies

Italy to Launch National Agency for Research

Trump Administration Drops Two Advisory Boards on Environment

Federal Agency Proposes Rule Against Graduate Student Unions

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Marijuana Unsafe During Pregnancy or Adolescence: Surgeon General

Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden Dies

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Trump Issues Executive Order that Could Reduce Scientific Advice

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NIH Imposes Term Limits for Lab Chiefs

USDA Scientists Must Say Published Research Is “Preliminary”

FDA, New York Attorney General Go After Stem Cell Clinics

Trump Releases 2020 Budget Proposal

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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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Universe 25 Experiment

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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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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