cell & molecular biology, science history

The tale of p53, a widely studied tumor suppressor gene, illustrates the inventiveness of researchers who turn mishaps into discoveries.

In Chapter 12, "Of Mice and Men," author Sue Armstrong recounts the point at which researchers moved from working with p53 in tissue culture to studying the gene in animal models.

Scientists who dared to waste their time looking at the midbody, a remnant of cell division, have catapulted the organelle to new prominence.

Meet some of the people featured in the November 2013 issue of The Scientist.

War and justice brought together two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, a scientist and a writer.

In Chapter 20, “On the Same Path,” author Sean Carroll describes the initial meeting between Nobel Laureates Jacques Monod and Albert Camus.

How a dinner-table conversation between two biologists led to the formulation of the theory that cells are the building blocks of all living organisms.