A transplant of cells from the lining of the nose helps dogs with spinal injuries walk again.
A transplant of cells from the lining of the nose helps dogs with spinal injuries walk again.
Misfolded α-synuclein proteins promote the spread of Parkinson’s pathology in mouse brains.
Researchers use the electric potential of a guinea pig’s inner ear to harvest enough energy to run a tiny sensor.
The malaria vaccine under development by GSK and the PATH initiative only protects about one in three babies, though some researchers say those odds are better than nothing.
A new study reveals that more and more of the world’s most-cited articles are published outside of high prestige, high impact factor journals.
The 2011 outbreak in Germany that caused some 50 deaths was caused by a strain of E. coli with a complex mechanism of gene regulation.
Blind mole rats resist cancer by killing cells that proliferate in a similar way to tumor cells.
Recording brain activity as patients are anesthetized for surgery, researchers identify a pattern that may signal loss of consciousness.
Researchers identify an unexpected molecular explanation for the higher incidence of skin cancer in redheads.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.