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For decades, lab-grown cells have been studied in materials that don't reflect the softness and flexibility of human tissue.

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

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Last week, the International Theological Commission released a document approved by Pope Leo XIV warning people against ...

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"If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't." — Emerson M. Pugh.

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