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Cell biologist Junyue Cao creates high-throughput single-cell methods to explore how aging shapes cells and organisms.

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An Ancient Grapevine Uncorks Clues About a Deadly Plant Pathogen

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Mutations Wire Salmonella to Last

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Chromosome Ends in Double Jeopardy

Tapping Into Immunotherapy’s Potential to Help More People

Tapping into Immunotherapy’s Potential to Help More People

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Integrate and Innovate with NGS and Multiomics

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Monogamous Rodents Don’t Need “Love Molecule” To Pair Up

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Genome Spotlight: C-fern (Ceratopteris richardii)

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Scans of Sundry Variant Types Uncover Autism-Linked Genes

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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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