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In an open letter, researchers and staff at the National Institutes of Health raise concerns over recent policy changes.

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Opinion: Biological Science Rejects the Sex Binary, and That’s Good for Humanity

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Plant Biologist Jane Silverthorne Dies at 69

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No More Paywalls on Federally Funded Research: White House

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FDA To Stretch Monkeypox Vaccine Supply via Intradermal Injection

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Reorganization Would Shift Responsibility for US Pandemic Response

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Many Japanese Scientists’ Jobs at Risk from Labor Law Loophole

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FDA Authorizes Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

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Opinion: Time to Take Animal Rights Harassment More Seriously

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Stanford to Launch New Climate Change School This Fall

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Lawsuit Alleges USDA Secretly Relaxed Animal Welfare Inspections

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Biden Orders More Research on Long COVID

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Opinion: Coronavirus and Regulating Access to High-Risk Pathogens

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Eric Lander Allegedly Bullied, Disrespected Staff

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Mysterious Havana Syndrome Not a Foreign Attack: CIA

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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Convicted of Fraud

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Harvard Chemist Found Guilty of Lying About Chinese Funding

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MRC Lead Apologizes Following Bullying Allegations

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Opinion: Policymakers’ Harmful Anti-China Obsession

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Opinion: Scientists Must Combat Scientific Dogmatism

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NIH Changes Extension Policy to Better Support Women PIs

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Advances in Automated RNA Library Preparation

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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Waters and BD's Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Business to Combine, Creating a Life Science and Diagnostics Leader Focused on Regulated, High-Volume Testing

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Zymo Research Partners with Harvard University to Bring the BioFestival to Cambridge, Empowering World-class Research

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10x Genomics and A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore Launch TISHUMAP Study to Advance AI-Driven Drug Target Discovery

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Sino Biological Sets New Industry Standard with ProPure Endotoxin-Free Proteins made in the USA