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Week in Review: February 22–26
Jef Akst | Feb 26, 2016 | 3 min read
Questions about how E. coli evolves; spermatids in a dish; fighting bacteria with virus-like molecule; what drives metastasis; antibodies fight Ebola in monkeys
Cancer Kismet
Jenny Rood | Apr 1, 2015 | 4 min read
Fate mapping allows researchers to follow cancer progression from its cell type of origin.
Contributors
The Scientist | Nov 1, 2020 | 4 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2020 issue of The Scientist.
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Some Cancers Become Contagious
Katarina Zimmer | Apr 1, 2019 | 10+ min read
So far, six animal species are known to carry transmissible, “parasitic” forms of cancer, but researchers are still mystified as to how cancer can become infectious.
A C-fern (Ceratopteris richardii) growing in a pot
Genome Spotlight: C-fern (Ceratopteris richardii)
Christie Wilcox, PhD | Sep 22, 2022 | 5 min read
Sequences for the model organism and two of its kin reveal how these plants got their oversized genomes.
An Offensive Playbook
Mary Beth Aberlin | Feb 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Developing nonaddictive drugs to combat pain
Underground Supermodels
Thomas J. Park and Rochelle Buffenstein | Jun 1, 2012 | 10+ min read
What can a twentysomething naked mole-rat tell us about fighting pain, cancer, and aging?
Top 10 Innovations 2021
2021 Top 10 Innovations
The Scientist | Dec 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Biomedical innovation has rallied to address that pressing concern while continuing to tackle broader research challenges.
Bacteria and Humans Have Been Swapping DNA for Millennia
Kelly Robinson and Julie Dunning Hotopp | Oct 1, 2016 | 8 min read
Bacteria inhabit most tissues in the human body, and genes from some of these microbes have made their way to the human genome. Could this genetic transfer contribute to diseases such as cancer?
Notebook
The Scientist Staff | Feb 14, 1999 | 5 min read
Editor's Note: The news items on this page all originated from the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 21-26. PLAQUE ATTACK A host of studies have bitten off the task of linking periodontitis with coronary heart disease. But without more evidence, scientists may find any cause-and-effect relationship between tooth disease and heart attacks hard to swallow, admitted James D. Beck, professor of dental ecology, at the University of North Caro

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