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The work reveals that the pandemic flu was likely the direct predecessor of the seasonal H1N1 flu that circulated for decades.

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Timeline: Investigating the Origins of the 2009 Pandemic

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The Long Journey to Resolve the Origins of a Previous Pandemic

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100-Year-Old Lungs Yield Genetic Samples of 1918 Flu Viruses

A Challenge Trial for COVID-19 Would Not Be the First of Its Kind

Swine Flu Strain Has Pandemic Potential: Study

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Confronting a Pandemic, 1957

Dogs in Southern China Host Several Strains of Flu

First Human Case of H7N4 Bird Flu Confirmed

Gene Transfer Beats Some Flu Strains

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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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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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