Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
The National Institutes of Health reveals a controversial plan to regulate the funding of H5N1 research.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
By tapping local knowledge among African pastoralists and veterinarians, researchers successfully eradicated a deadly livestock virus—and are looking to replicate their success to halt other epidemics.
Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.
A hormone called jasmonate mediates plants' responses to touch and can boost defenses against pests.
Can emulating our early human ancestors make us healthier?
A precision microfluidic system enables single-cell analysis of growth and division.
The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.
Human cytomegalovirus fixes its broken DNA by exclusively co-opting its host’s repair proteins.