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A possible highway system for the rapid delivery of sperm from the testis to the penis in the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber
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Issues and Challenges in the Application of the IEUBK Model in the Health Risk Assessment of Lead: A Case Study from Blantyre Malawi
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StellarPGx: A Nextflow Pipeline for Calling Star Alleles in Cytochrome P450 Genes
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Molecular characterization of non-polio enteroviruses isolated from acute flaccid paralysis patients in Uganda
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The BinaxNOW pneumococcal antigen test: An adjunct for diagnosis of pneumococcal bacteraemia
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Clinicopathological features and associations in a series of South African acral melanomas
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The many faces of HIV elite control
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SDHB-Associated Paraganglioma Syndrome in Africa-A Need for Greater Genetic Testing
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Targeting LIN28: a new hope in prostate cancer theranostics
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