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A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

Dissecting protective versus detrimental immune responses uncovers biomarkers and mechanisms that can inform the rational design and evaluation of live attenuated vaccines against African swine fever ...

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A new statistical framework could speed up the search for rare mutations that cause common diseases, helping researchers zero ...

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In late 2021, Amber Salzman interviewed for a job that she had no intention of taking. A relatively new start-up company, called Epicrispr Biotechnologies, was looking for a chief executive, and it ...