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A new tool developed at ETH Zurich, MetaGraph, allows scientists to search through vast public DNA and RNA databases in ...

The 16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria 2025, organized by the World Mitochondria Society (WMS), will open in ...

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An incredible genetic analysis reveals that a lungfish has a larger genome than a human. We explore what this means.

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This important study uses innovative microfluidics-based single-cell imaging to monitor replicative lifespan, protein localization, and intracellular iron levels in aging yeast cells. The evidence for ...