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Ancient gene duplications gave grasses a competitive edge over other plants, opening a path for engineering plants with increased resilience and energy storage.

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2026 Breakthrough Prize Recognizes the Shared Genetic Cause of ALS and FTD

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Pet Cat Tumors Share Genetic Similarities with Human Cancers

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Ancient DNA Offers Clues to the Extinction of the Woolly Rhinoceros

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From Lemurs to Lab Mice, Hibernators Reveal Insights into Human Health

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PubPlant: The Google Maps of Plant DNA    

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How Did Plants Evolve to Produce Seeds?

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Expanding HiFi Accessibility and Scientific Understanding

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High-Throughput and Cost-Effective Sequencing Takes Center Stage

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Gene Regulators, Not Genes, Underlie Hibernators’ Superpowers

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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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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

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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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