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Infographic: Possible Mechanisms of Gene Transfer in Eukaryotes

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Horizontal Gene Transfer Happens More Often Than Anyone Thought

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Mosquitoes Drawn to Hosts Infected by Dengue, Zika

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Monkeypox: What We Know (and What We Don’t)

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Monkeypox Likely Spread Undetected in US Before Recent Reports  

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Opinion: Destroy All Samples of the Smallpox Virus

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US Case Adds to Unusual Monkeypox Outbreak

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What You Should Know About New Omicron Subvariants

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Diabetes Marker Linked to COVID-19 Severity in Mice

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Infographic: Short Protein Motifs’ Role in SARS-CoV-2 Infection

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Viruses Target Super-Short Protein Motifs to Disrupt Host Biology

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Evolution of 1918 Flu Virus Traced from Century-Old Samples

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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September 2026

Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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