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An influential paper on amyloid protein and Alzheimer’s disease potentially fabricated data. Why did it take 16 years to flag?

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MDAR Framework Aims to Standardize Reporting in Life Sciences

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Incest Isn’t Taboo in Nature: Study

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Frontiers Pulls Special COVID-19 Issue After Content Dispute

SEC Charges uBiome Founders with Defrauding Investors

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Researchers Develop Standards for Reporting Polygenic Risk Scores

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Hackers Bring Dutch Research Funding Agency to Standstill

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Q&A: Parachute Science in Coral Reef Research

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STRANGE Framework Addresses Bias in Animal Behavior Research

High Risk of Bias in Early COVID-19 Studies: Meta-Analysis

Opinion: Blowing the Whistle on Research Grant Fraud

Science Is My Copilot

Scientists, Publishers Debate Paychecks for Peer Reviewers

Physician Behind Surgisphere Scandal Switches Medical Licenses

The Lancet Alters Editorial Practices After Surgisphere Scandal

Italian Institute Revokes Appointment of Cancer Researcher

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Opinion: Don’t Disparage the Pace of COVID-19 Research

Surgisphere Sows Confusion About Another Unproven COVID-19 Drug

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Opinion: Surgisphere Fiasco Highlights Need for Proper QA

Surgisphere Fallout Hits African Nonprofit’s COVID-19 Efforts

Lancet, NEJM Retract Surgisphere Studies on COVID-19 Patients

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Universe 25 Experiment

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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Chemical Staples Keep Collagen from Falling Apart

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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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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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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