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Lena Pernas discusses how mitochondria act as cellular defenders by competing with parasites like Toxoplasma gondii for vital nutrients.

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Detecting Novel Viruses Using a Comprehensive Enrichment Panel

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Worms’ Nose for Danger Helps Ward Off Pathogens 

What Lies Beneath: Wastewater Testing for Pathogens

What Lies Beneath: Wastewater Testing for Pathogens

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Q&A: What if Immune Cells Don’t Actually Detect Viruses and Bacteria?

Researchers use bacterial whole genome sequencing to compare the phylogenetic relationship between environmental and clinical samples.

Aquatic Bacteria Reveal a Common Genetic Link to a Deadly Human Pathogen

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CDC Warns of Person-to-Person Transmission of Resistant Fungus

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Identifying a Killer, 1895

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BioHub Network Aims to Advance Sharing of Pathogens for Research

Gloria Echeverria Investigates an Insidious Form of Breast Cancer

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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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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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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