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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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What Could Cause the Next Pandemic?

What Could Cause the Next Pandemic?

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How an Early Warning Radar Could Prevent Future Pandemics

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Climate Change, Deforestation Drive Bat Virus Spillover Into Humans

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Opinion: Eating Right to Avoid Catastrophe

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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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Bat Coronaviruses May Infect Tens of Thousands of People Yearly

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Climate Change Worsens Most Infectious Diseases

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Unidentified Bleeding Disease Kills Three in Tanzania

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Monkeypox Likely Spread Undetected in US Before Recent Reports  

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The World's Densest Bones

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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