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Genetic material pilfered from mitochondria may seal cracks in our genetic code, a study suggests.

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Opinion: The Central Dogma of Mitochondrial Genetics Needs Rewriting

Mitochondrial Isolation System

Infographic: Isolating mitochondria from specific cell types

Birds With Older Fathers Have Shorter Telomeres, Lifespans

Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Alerts Immune System to Danger

Neanderthal-Human Interbreeding Got an Early Start

Improving Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy

Revered Biologist Dies

IOM: Mitochondrial Replacement “Ethically Permissible”

Opinion: Too Many Mitochondrial Genome Papers

Week in Review: July 7–11

Unsinkable Evidence

The Mummy Code

Sequencing Mummies

Giant Squid Are a Single Species

Koala Time Machine

Half-Life of DNA Revealed

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Emmeline Hill: Genes for Speed

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How Now Brown Cow?

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The “Virus Hunter” Who Advanced Public Health, One Tool at a Time

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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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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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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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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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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