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Researchers take brain training to the next level by launching mini brains into outer space.

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Natural Trip: Endogenous Psychedelics and Human Physiology

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Epigenetics in a Dish

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Virtual Laboratories for Remote Benchwork and Breakthroughs

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The Art and Science of Synthetic Biology 

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Fecal Microbiota Transplants: From Gut Infections to Psychiatric Disorders

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Genomes Across the Tree of Life

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A Way with Words: Using Genomics to Dispel Stuttering Myths

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Immune Cells and ALS: A Balance Between Life and Death

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The Scientist Speaks - The Fight Against Time: Stem Cells and Healthy Aging 

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The Scientist Speaks - Exploring the Secrets to Longevity and Cancer Resistance in Mole-Rats

Maintaining Hormone Balance Through RNA Decay

The Scientist Speaks - What Comes Up Must Go Down: Maintaining Hormone Balance Through RNA Decay

Filling in the Gaps: Sequencing the Entire Human Genome

The Scientist Speaks - Filling in the Gaps: Sequencing the Entire Human Genome

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The Scientist Speaks - Rising From the Dead: How Antibiotic Resistance Genes Travel Between Current and Past Bacteria

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The Scientist Speaks - Virulence Meets Metabolism: The Unique Evolution of Staphylococcus aureus

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The Scientist Speaks - To Conserve and Protect: The Quest for Universal Vaccines

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The Scientist Speaks - Finding that Sweet Spot: Understanding Gut Perception One Cell at a Time

Don Ingber discusses how organ-on-a-chip technology helps identify, study, and combat viral variants that could cause the next pandemic.

The Scientist Speaks - Preventing the Next Pandemic With Organ Chips

John Glass describes why researchers constructed a synthetic unicellular organism and how it unravels the secrets of evolution.

The Scientist Speaks - DIY Cells: Understanding Life with a Synthetic Minimal Cell

Evangelos Kiskinis describes how the patient-derived iPSCs model of epilepsy help predict drug resistance.

The Scientist Speaks - Modeling Epilepsy in a Dish Using Patient-Derived iPSCs

Melissa Vos discusses how lipids’ good intentions become harmful in Parkinson’s Disease

The Scientist Speaks - Lipids Predict a Slippery Path Towards Parkinson’s Disease

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Why Do Some Women Crave Chocolate Before Their Period?

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How Can the Placenta Help Us Understand Cancer?

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Transform Omics Workflows with Scalable Cell Prep

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Accelerating Cancer Research Through Comprehensive Genomic Analysis

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Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

A long-term study of nearly 800 patients demonstrated a strong safety profile for T cells engineered with viral vectors.

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TaqMan Probe & Assays: Unveil What's Possible Together

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Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

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Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

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How technology makes PCR instruments easier to use.

Making Real-Time PCR More Straightforward

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