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An artist’s rendering of the Omicron variant portrays the virus as a lumpy blue sphere with several orange spike proteins jutting out of it.

Omicron Propagates 70 Times Faster than Delta in Bronchi: Study

The Impact of Influenza

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The Pandemic Crushed the Flu—What Happens When It Returns?

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100-Year-Old Lungs Yield Genetic Samples of 1918 Flu Viruses

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Scientists’ Advice for Ways to Ward Off the Coronavirus

A Challenge Trial for COVID-19 Would Not Be the First of Its Kind

Masks Lower Wearers’ Exposure to Viruses, Experts Propose

Flu Shot Ignites Immune Attack Against Cancer in Mice

Cells’ Response to SARS-CoV-2 Different from Flu, RSV

Coronavirus’s Genetics Reveal Its Global Travels

The Latest Drug Trials for Coronavirus

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Drug-Resistant Flu Can Emerge After Patients Take Antiviral

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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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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

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Building Translation-Ready Biomarkers with Connected Workflows

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