The very cold, the merely chilled, and the colorful
With dogged persistence and an unwillingness to entertain defeat, Bruce Beutler discovered a receptor that powers the innate immune response to infections—and earned his share of a Nobel Prize.
Some of these insidious viruses expertly subvert the host immune system, allowing their unhindered proliferation.
Results of breast cancer drug trials are regularly spun to conceal bias and make the drugs seem more effective or less toxic than they really are.
Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
Affordable diagnostic tests tackle the world’s most pressing health problems.
Fat cells behave differently in obese individuals, causing inflammation and insulin resitance.
The healing powers of maggots may lie in their secreted proteins, which restrain the human immune response.
Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.