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Scientists build a living cellular organism with a genome smaller than any known in nature.
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Researchers report evidence of past Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in two people in Kenya.
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Bioethicist Arthur Caplan of New York University Langone Medicine Center reviews The Scientist Senior Editor Jef Akst’s debut book, Personal Trials.
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New Test for Zika OKed
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Finding Funding for Rejected NIH Proposals
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Karolinska Lets Macchiarini Go
The embattled artificial organ researcher has been dismissed over the fallout from several misconduct allegations leveled against him.
Neural Basis of Risk Aversion
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CRISPR Can Tag RNA
Modifications to the DNA-slicing program allow for monitoring the movement of messenger RNA.
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