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A two-pronged needle, a glass vial of smallpox vaccine, and a syringe sit on a blue surface.

Smallpox Vaccine Recruits Skin Bacteria to Fight Disease

In one of the only known photos of Abraham Lincoln taken on the day of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln can be seen seated, hatless, just below and to the right of the flag. Lincoln began developing symptoms of smallpox on the train home to Washington, DC.

Presidential Pox, 1863

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Texas Monkeypox Case Underscores Need for Better Surveillance

Introducing Inoculation, 1721

Epidemiologist Who Helped Eradicate Smallpox Dies

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Bovine Inoculations, circa 1870s

Smallpox Kerfuffle Reveals Biosecurity Problems

CDC Lab Resumes After Safety Lapses

CDC Halts Hazardous Biomaterial Transfers

Smallpox Vials Found in FDA Storage

Researchers: Don’t Destroy Smallpox Virus Yet

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Pox Vaccine Treats Liver Cancer

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A Scar Nobly Got

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Book excerpt from Pox: An American History

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WHO punts on smallpox

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Dramatic rise in monkeypox

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Microplastics Build Up in Human Organs, Especially the Brain

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How Are Earwax and Body Odor Linked?

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How Does the Gut Immune System Distinguish Between Friends and Foes?

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How Bacteria Outsmart Disinfectants

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A Visual Guide to Lentiviral Gene Delivery

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Detecting Novel Viruses Using a Comprehensive Enrichment Panel

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A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors.

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Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

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Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

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New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

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Detecting Novel Viruses Using a Comprehensive Enrichment Panel

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