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Daphne O. Martschenko and Sam Trejo both want to make the world a better, fairer, more equitable place. But they disagree on whether studying social genomics—elucidating any potential genetic ...

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Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

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