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The latest biological and medical news from The Scientist
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Peer review, under review
We're continuing the discussion about the ever-present issues with peer review and impact factor -- tell us what you think
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The Prometheus Project
Read an excerpt from the first book in a series of young adult novels that's being hailed as science's answer to Harry Potter
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"Identical" cells? Not so much
Genetically identical cells may be far more different than previously believed
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Top 7 biology papers
Check out the hottest papers in all of biology, as ranked by F1000
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Ocean life support dwindling
Phytoplankton have been declining by 1 percent each year for 100 years, spelling trouble for Earth's oceans
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Tasty transgenics
Check out ongoing projects that are tinkering with edible animals
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Eyelashes up close
Cilia are a must-have appendage, and they do much more than swat bodily currents -- indeed, new research is suggesting they play an important role in development and disease
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Q&A: Do we need a stem cell bank?
Evan Snyder doesn't think so
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Top 7 neuroscience papers
Check out the highest ranked articles from a 30-day period on Faculty of 1000 Neuroscience
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Brain, interrupted
It affects thousands per day, yet has no treatment, and receives only a small fraction of the funding allocated to much less common diseases. Now, researchers studying traumatic brain injury are making a last-ditch effort to transform the field
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