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From the bellies of sandflies to mosquitoes, Asha Wijegunawardana manipulates insect vectors with microbes to help prevent harmful viral and parasitic infections.

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Mosquitoes Add Bacteria to Water to Help Larvae Grow: Preprint

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Mosquito Memory: Pest Management’s New Hurdle

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“Mystery Fever” Claims the Lives of Dozens of Indian Children

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Disease-Carrying Mosquito Species Returns to Florida

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Bacteria-Laced Mosquitoes Limit Spread of Dengue

Deforestation Tied to Changes in Disease Dynamics

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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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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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