Researchers can identify individuals by the unique chemical signatures in their breath, suggesting that exhalations could be used for metabolomic tests.
Researchers can identify individuals by the unique chemical signatures in their breath, suggesting that exhalations could be used for metabolomic tests.
Living fossils not so fossilized; Canadian gov’t threatens scientists’ freedom to speak and publish; gene therapy for sensory disorders; an unusual theory of cancer; clues for an HIV vaccine
Researchers develop two small molecules that slow the growth of human cancer cells.
Researchers map the microbiota of supermarket produce
Researchers track the evolution of HIV in a single patient to understand what drives the production of broadly neutralizing antibodies.
New research shows that some early settlers of the Americas may have come from the Pacific islands archipelago.
Advances in genomics and cancer biology will alter the design of human cancer studies.
| April 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the April 2013 issue of The Scientist.
A decade into the age of genomics, science is generating a flood of data that will help in the quest to eradicate the disease.
By scrutinizing gene expression profiles instead of individual oncogenes, Todd Golub launched a powerful platform for diagnosing, classifying, and treating cancer.