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Rosa Rademakers and Bryan Traynor received this year’s Breakthrough Prize for identifying the most common genetic cause of two incurable neurodegenerative diseases.

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Reproductive Lifespan is Partially Encoded in the Genes

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Ancient Alleles Shed Light on Atherosclerosis Risk

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A Way with Words: Using Genomics to Dispel Stuttering Myths

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Historic Adaptations May Now Make Us Susceptible to Disease

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Sunflowers’ Bee-Attracting Ultraviolet Also Helps Retain Moisture

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Genetic Risks for Depression Differ Between Ancestral Groups

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Genetic Variants Tied to Sex Differences in Psychiatric Disorders

A New Way to Establish Cause and Effect in Epidemiology?

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Study of Ugandan Genomes Yields Novel Variants, Health Links

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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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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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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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