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Image of the Day: 70 Years of Disease Research
Image of the Day: 70 Years of Disease Research
A video chronicles the course of disease research and prompts questions about where scientists may focus their studies in the future.
A video chronicles the course of disease research and prompts questions about where scientists may focus their studies in the future.
cancer, HIV
Scientific Breakthroughs with Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
The Scientist and Thermo Fisher Scientific | Jun 10, 2021 | 1 min read
Structures made via cryo-EM give researchers insights into SARS-CoV-2, HIV, neurological disorders, cancer, and more.
Five Oncoviruses Debut On NIH Carcinogen List
Joshua A. Krisch | Nov 6, 2016 | 2 min read
Seven newly evaluated substances, including five oncoviruses, have been added to the US National Institutes of Health’s 14th Report on Carcinogens.
Week in Review: November 18–22
Tracy Vence | Nov 22, 2013 | 4 min read
Chilly mice develop more tumors; gut bacteria aid cancer treatment; two Y chromosome genes sufficient for assisted reproduction; HIV’s “invisibility cloak”
Master of Fate
Megan Scudellari | Jul 1, 2013 | 9 min read
While tracing the tricky and sometimes surprising paths of multipotent cells in the skin, mammary gland, and heart, Cédric Blanpain has repeatedly turned the stem cell field on its head.
Week in Review: April 1-5
Jef Akst | Apr 5, 2013 | 3 min read
Living fossils not so fossilized; Canadian gov’t threatens scientists’ freedom to speak and publish; gene therapy for sensory disorders; an unusual theory of cancer; clues for an HIV vaccine
Cancer Drug Flushes Out HIV
Jef Akst | Jul 26, 2012 | 2 min read
An approved cancer therapeutic makes hiding HIV susceptible to antiviral therapy.
Targeting DNA
Jef Akst | Jun 1, 2012 | 10+ min read
After 20 years of high-profile failure, gene therapy is finally well on its way to clinical approval.
Drug Shortages Plague Research
Rachel Nuwer | Oct 5, 2011 | 2 min read
Dwindling stocks in more than a dozen cancer drugs are delaying clinical trials.
Vaccines
Robin A. Weiss and Peter Hale | Jun 1, 2011 | 4 min read
Looking back, looking ahead
A Shot in the Arm
Edyta Zielinska | Jun 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Decades of vaccine research have expanded our understanding of the immune system and are yielding novel disease-fighting tactics.