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Most laboratory work is, by necessity, reductionist. A minute aspect of an organism, isolated from its contextual surroundings, is examined in excruciating detail, and the knowledge gained is pieced together with similar studies to gain a picture of the larger puzzle. A certain kinase is examined, for example, to see...
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