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A Cornell-led study is challenging a decades-old explanation for how chromosomes exchange genetic material within the ...

Egg cells missing a key protein may be more likely to end up with the wrong number of chromosomes, but an mRNA injection that ...

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Artificial intelligence programs can spot patterns in electrocardiograms that humans miss. Now, one program is going to be widely available — for free — to doctors. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata has been ...

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Non-canonical amino acids can expand the scope of proteins available for therapeutics and machine learning platforms can ...