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What scientists thought was an endosymbiont in algae turned out to be an organelle.

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Brooke Gardner Probes the Cell’s Peroxisomes

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Synthetic Organelles Let Researchers Control Cell Behavior

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Infographic: One Way to Flip the Cell Behavior Switch

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Researchers Find Cell-Free Mitochondria Floating in Human Blood

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What Paraspeckles Can Teach Us About Basic Cell Biology

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Image of the Day: Liquid Compartments

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Infographic: High Precision Magnetic Tweezers

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Intracellular Magnetic Manipulations

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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Advancing Drug Discovery with Complex Human In Vitro Models

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Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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