A medical professional, wearing light grey scrubs and white laboratory gloves, immunizes a patient, wearing a blue T-shirt, on their right upper arm.
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Since the invention of the first vaccine over two centuries ago, new discoveries have emerged to confer better protection.

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A transmission electron microscopic image of a tissue section containing variola virus particles, the pathogen responsible for causing smallpox in humans

Opinion: Destroy All Samples of the Smallpox Virus

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

black and white electron microscope image showing oval-shaped mature monkeypox virions as well as rounder immature ones

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

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An old medical illustration features the ear in the center with nerves of the head shown in yellow.

The Ear as a Therapeutic Gateway to the Vagus Nerve

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

3D illustration showing three differently colored semi-translucent cells, representing different T cell subtypes, on a black background. A purple cell is in the front on the right, a red cell is on the left, and a blue cell sits behind the red one.

T Cell Nomenclature Gets an Update

A yellow-colored frozen frog.

Freeze-Tolerant Frogs Power Organ Cryopreservation Strategies

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Thermo Scientific X and S Series General Purpose Centrifuges

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January 2026, Issue 1

What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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An Automated DNA-to-Data Framework for Production-Scale Sequencing

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Exploring Cellular Organization with Spatial Proteomics

Exploring Cellular Organization with Spatial Proteomics

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Organoid Origins and How to Grow Them

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