Next-generation sequencing diagnostics are already being used, and patients are ready.
Next-generation sequencing diagnostics are already being used, and patients are ready.
Disgruntled Nobel loser sues; brain trauma researchers search for biomarker of a chronic condition; receptor for novel coronavirus found; the rise of transcriptomics; and ethical oversight of participant-led research
Researchers identify the target protein of a recently discovered human coronavirus, shedding light on infection and possible interspecies spread.
Tailoring ethical oversight to participant-led research
Using plagiarism detection software, the NSF’s internal watchdog has found almost 100 suspicious cases among the 8,000 projects the agency funded in 2011.
A Republican representative objects to a study he said is politically partisan.
As US policymakers debate federal budget cuts, global health science hangs in the balance.
Drosophila insulin-like peptides (dILPs) regulate part of the signaling pathway that helps keep organs growing in proportion during development.
Although fully organized patient-run trials are still few and far between, patients are taking a more active role in clinical research.
| March 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2013 issue of The Scientist.