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The data revealed 82 specific locations (or loci) in the human genome associated with viral DNA load, especially in the Major ...

The 32-year-old former postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University pled guilty to one charge of smuggling, resulting in a minor ...

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Scientists have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced ...

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