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Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Pancreatic Organoids Take the Stage
Laura Tran, PhD
| Dec 1, 2023
| 2 min read
Meritxell Huch tackled her pipedream of growing three-dimensional pancreatic tissue in a dish.
The Ephemeral Life of the Placenta
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Dec 4, 2023
| 10+ min read
Recent advances in modeling the human placenta, the least understood organ, may inform placental disorders like preeclampsia.
Nobel Prize for mRNA Vaccines
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Oct 2, 2023
| 5 min read
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman received this year’s Physiology or Medicine award for their work on RNA biology and mRNA-based vaccines.
Trimming Undruggable Cancer Targets
Deanna MacNeil, PhD
| Sep 13, 2023
| 4 min read
Researchers took aim at mucins, glycoproteins that protect cancer cells from drugs and the immune response, and engineered a revolutionary targeted tool for oncology and beyond.
The Vaginal Microbiome is Finally Getting Recognized
Hannah Thomasy, PhD,
Drug Discovery News
| Sep 25, 2023
| 10+ min read
Vaginal dysbiosis has long been a taboo subject, but studying and optimizing the vaginal microbiome could be a game changer for women's health.
2024 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Sep 14, 2023
| 10 min read
This year’s Breakthrough Prizes honor advances in CAR T cancer therapies, cystic fibrosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Sep 8, 2023
| 10+ min read
To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.
Onward and Upward!
Kristie Nybo, PhD
| Sep 8, 2023
| 9 min read
At
The Scientist
, we are strengthening our roots while reaching for the sky.
Short-lived Molecules Support Long-term Memory
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD
| Jun 6, 2023
| 3 min read
A gene essential for information storage in the brain engages an autoregulatory feedback loop to consolidate memory.
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