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Cell-cell communication between malaria-infected red blood cells via exosome-like vesicles

Regev-Rudzki, N. et al. Cell 153, 1120–1133 (2013)

Engineered SIRPα variants as immunotherapeutic adjuvants to anticancer antibodies

Weiskopf, K. et al. Science doi:10.1126/science.1238856 (30 May 2013)

Comparative analysis of RNA sequencing methods for degraded or low-input samples

Adiconis, X. et al. Nat. Methods doi:10.1038/nmeth.2483 (19 May 2013)

Synthetic generation of influenza vaccine viruses for rapid response to pandemics

Dormitzer, P.R. et al. Sci. Transl. Med. 5, 185ra68 (2013)

Betatrophin: a hormone that controls pancreatic β cell proliferation

Yi, P., Park, J.-S. & Melton, D.A. Cell 153, 747–758 (2013)