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Immunizing mice with an edited Lyme disease-causing bacterial protein effectively protected them against the disease.

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A Lab-Stage mRNA Vaccine Targeting Ticks May Offer Protection Against Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases

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Bacterial Symbionts Tell Ticks When to Eat

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Lyme Disease Pathogen Present in Ticks Near the Coast

New Lyme Disease Test Developed by Summer Student

Genome Digest

Detecting Lyme Early

Another Lyme Disease–Causing Bacterium Found

The Search for Persisters

Lyme Disease Discoverer Dies

Week in Review: December 16–20

Understanding Lyme

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Autism-Lyme Correlation Debunked

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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