Advances in genomics and cancer biology will alter the design of human cancer studies.
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.
Microbes affect weight loss; dozens of cancer-linked genes identified; a climate change scientists speaks out about personal attacks; isolation among elderly linked to death
Researchers show that random rearrangement of DNA determines which of seven possible mating types the offspring of a single-celled microbe will be.
International collaboration doubles the number of genetic regions associated with breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers.
Researchers identify a protein involved in the chromosomal disorder that could explain its characteristic learning deficits.
A Portuguese professor explores the poisons and potions of opera.
Genetics experts argue that patients should be told about dangerous variants in their DNA that show up incidentally during sequencing.