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Integrity of the proteome, rather than the genome, underlies the remarkable radioresistance of Deinococcus radiodurans.

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Cancer Cells Break Own DNA to Defend Against Radiation

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Janus-Faced Neutrophils

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Sunflowers’ Bee-Attracting Ultraviolet Also Helps Retain Moisture

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New Chernobyl Initiative Aims to Boost Research on the Area

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Tool Would Use Tumor Gene Expression to Inform Radiation Dose

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Gut Fungi Hamper Radiation Therapy in Mice with Cancer

No Transgenerational Effects of Chernobyl Radiation Found

Insects Might Be More Sensitive to Radiation than Thought

Tardigrades’ List of Super Powers Grows Ever Longer

How Cancer Evades the Immune System

Janette Sherman, Public Health Activist, Dies

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Study Finds “Some Evidence” that Cellphone Radiation Linked to Brain Cancer in Male Rats

Renowned Physicist Stephen Hawking Dies

Study Linking Cell Phone Use to Cancer Stirs Debate

Bursting Cancer’s Bubble

Blood Cell Counts Low in Fukushima Monkeys

Radiation-Fighting Drug

Radiation Therapy Damages Neurons

Radiation Risk for Mars Astronauts

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UV Radiation Frying Marine Life

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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 Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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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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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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