The National Institutes of Health reveals a controversial plan to regulate the funding of H5N1 research.
The National Institutes of Health reveals a controversial plan to regulate the funding of H5N1 research.
Researchers develop a practical technique for deriving stem cells from routine blood samples.
While exploring the genetics of a rare type of tumor, Stephen Baylin discovered an epigenetic modification that occurs in most every cancer—a finding he’s helping bring to the clinic.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Can emulating our early human ancestors make us healthier?
A protein called Coco rouses dormant breast cancer cells in the lung.
NASA scientists have confirmed that water persists as pockets of ice on the surface of the planet closest to our Sun.
Autism researchers are testing the ability of whipworm eggs to treat autism in a new clinical trial.
Three-dimensional genome maps are leading to a deeper understanding of how the genome’s form influences its function.
A transplant of cells from the lining of the nose helps dogs with spinal injuries walk again.