Editor's choice in immunology
When children need medications, getting the dosing and method of administration right is like trying to hit a moving target with an untried weapon.
Immune cells in skin provide powerful protection against infection, suggesting new routes for vaccination.
The researcher who helped develop an Alzheimer's treatment now in clinical trials warns that the compound may actually impair memory.
The president’s administration will increase funding for the debilitating neurodegenerative disease this year and next. But where will the money come from?
February 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the February 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Turning a standard technique into an unbiased screen for diagnostic biomarkers
Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease are ready for widespread use in clinical trials.