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Photographs of the October 2021 issue's contributors
Contributors
Meet some of the people featured in the October 2021 issue of The Scientist.
Contributors
Contributors

Meet some of the people featured in the October 2021 issue of The Scientist.

Meet some of the people featured in the October 2021 issue of The Scientist.

ALS, genetics & genomics

Those We Lost in 2019
Ashley Yeager | Dec 30, 2019 | 6 min read
The scientific community said goodbye to Sydney Brenner, Paul Greengard, Patricia Bath, and a number of other leading researchers this year.
rahul desikan als amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Neuroscientist Rahul Desikan Dies
Kerry Grens | Jul 19, 2019 | 2 min read
He developed an MRI-based map of the human cortex, discovered genetic risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases, and wrote about his struggles with ALS.
Can Viruses in the Genome Cause Disease?
Katarina Zimmer | Jan 1, 2019 | 10+ min read
Clinical trials that target human endogenous retroviruses to treat multiple sclerosis, ALS, and other ailments are underway, but many questions remain about how these sequences may disrupt our biology.
CRISPR Corrects RNA-based Disease Defects
Kerry Grens | Aug 10, 2017 | 2 min read
In human cells, researchers deploy the genome editor to snip out toxic repetitive sequences.
Additional #IceBucketChallenge Payoffs
Jef Akst | Jul 28, 2016 | 2 min read
Researchers identify a new ALS-associated gene thanks to funds generated by the social media challenge that went viral in summer 2014.
Non-coding Repeats Cause Peptide Clumps
Ruth Williams | Feb 7, 2013 | 3 min read
Protein aggregates in the brains of some people with dementia or motor neuron disease have a surprising origin.
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