Researchers are using modern experimental tools to probe the mysterious molecular pathways that lead to premature labor and birth.
Researchers are using modern experimental tools to probe the mysterious molecular pathways that lead to premature labor and birth.
The global spread of dengue virus has immunologists and public-health experts debating the best way to curb infection.
Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.
Researcher salaries continue to buck the trend of the millennium’s first decade, remaining flat or even declining across most life science disciplines.
Epigenetic changes accrued over an organism’s lifetime may leave a permanent heritable mark on the genome, through the help of long noncoding RNAs.
On the 10th anniversary of The Scientist’s survey of life science academics, institutions are contending with tighter budgets and larger administrative staffs, while working to sustain and inspire their researchers.
After 20 years of high-profile failure, gene therapy is finally well on its way to clinical approval.
Two key pieces of legislation, enacted to spur drugmakers into testing pharmaceutical products in children, are up for reauthorization in the US Congress this October. Have they done their jobs?
When children need medications, getting the dosing and method of administration right is like trying to hit a moving target with an untried weapon.
The body’s own mechanism for dispersing the inflammatory reaction might lead to new treatments for chronic pain.