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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020

THE SCIENTIST THE-SCIENTIST.COM VOLUME 34 NUMBER 01

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Alternative Endings

It’s now clear that cells can carve up

transcripts in different ways to generate

a variety of proteins from the same

gene. Ye t many questions remain about

alternative splicing and its effects.

BY GABRIELLE M. GENTILE,

HANNAH J. WIEDNER, EMMA R. HINKLE,

AND JIMENA GIUDICE

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The Roots of Suicide

Can neurobiology shed light on why

people end their own lives?

BY CATHERINE OFFORD

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Pig Plague

As a devastating outbreak of African

swine fever continues to spread across

East Asia, researchers are rushing to

develop a vaccine.

BY KATARINA ZIMMER

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