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  • Weekly reads: elephant stem cells, RIP Connie Eaves, AI cell biology
    Weekly reads: elephant stem cells, RIP Connie Eaves, AI cell biology

    Last week one of the most popular stories was about a preprint from a mammoth de-extinction research group led by George Church having made elephant stem cells. I finally got a chance to look carefully at their preprint. Elephant stem cells preprint and mammoth de-extinction The elephant stem cells preprint has…

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