Patent expirations of one HIV drugs will make the disease cheaper—but also more cumbersome—to treat.
Patent expirations of one HIV drugs will make the disease cheaper—but also more cumbersome—to treat.
A new initiative offers gold stars to researchers willing to have their studies replicated by other labs, but will it fix science’s growing irreproducibility problem?
A strategy to transmit signals to retinal nerve cells may show promise as a step toward alternative retinal prosthesis design.
Researchers use UV light to stimulate protein production in nano-sized delivery capsules in mice.
Alterations in the commensal gut flora of expecting women may be linked to characteristic weight gain and decreases in insulin sensitivity during pregnancy.
Australian trout are susceptible to skin cancer, according to a new study—the first evidence that wild fish can be afflicted by the disease.
Researchers track tumors as they develop, providing more support for the idea that cells with stem-cell-like properties underlie cancer growth and recurrence.
August 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Scientists share their experiences weathering extremely stressful events without letting their careers get completely derailed.
People living on islands in the Norwegian Sea suffer from an unusually high rate of certain genetic diseases and health issues, making the population ripe for research.