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Genetic findings reveal how early exposure to a DNA-damaging toxin from gut bacteria may contribute to the global rise in younger populations.

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Unlocking the Clinical Power of Mutational Analysis

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Noninherited Genetic Mutations Link to Schizophrenia

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Corals Upend Longstanding Idea About Genetic Inheritance

The Mosaic Brain

Q&A: How Animals Change in Space

Thousands of Mutations Accumulate in the Human Brain Over a Lifetime

Opinion: How to Define Cell Type

234-Year-Old Tree Has Impressively Stable Genome

DNA Replication Errors Contribute to Cancer Risk

Abundant Sequence Errors in Public Databases

Smoking-Linked Cancer Mutations Mapped

Sequencing Reveals Genomic Diversity of the Human Brain

Monitoring Mitochondrial Mutations

Low Mutation Rate in iPSCs

Mosaic Mutations May Not Be Rare

Personalized Cancer Vaccines

Stem Cell Divisions Help Explain Cancer Risk

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Mutation Patterns Underlie Cancers

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New Type of DNA Discovered?

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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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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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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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies

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How Alderley Analytical are Delivering eXtreme Robustness in Bioanalysis