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Bats pollinate plants and control insects but also transmit diseases to humans. Researchers investigate ways to prevent viral spread.

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The Evolution of Bats’ Super Immunity

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Duplicated Gene Helps Bats Survive “Arms Race” With Viruses

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Climate Change, Deforestation Drive Bat Virus Spillover Into Humans

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Opinion: A Dog Has Caught Monkeypox from One of Its Owners, Highlighting Risk of the Virus Infecting Pets and Wild Animals

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What Is This New Langya Virus? Do We Need to Be Worried?

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Bat Coronaviruses May Infect Tens of Thousands of People Yearly

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Climate Change Worsens Most Infectious Diseases

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Colin Carlson Works to Predict and Prevent Viral Spillover

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Unidentified Bleeding Disease Kills Three in Tanzania

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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