A drug applied to the ears of deaf mice has prompted the regrowth of noise-damaged hair cells and resulted in slight improvements in the animals’ hearing.
Advertisement
The Scientist
Most Recent
Reprogrammed stem cells are not attacked by the immune system, or are they?
Stomachs of flesh-eating flies carry the DNA of animals in remote rainforests.
Elwood Jensen, whose research inspired new treatments for breast cancer, has passed away at age 92.
Despite decades of work, compounds in frog skins have failed to yield new antibiotics. Why?
Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.
Life's Ratchet, The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, The Fractalist and Hallucinations
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?
Gregory Hannon believes in taking risks—an approach that’s enabled him to make exciting new discoveries in the world of small RNAs.
Follow The Scientist
Stay Connected with The Scientist
-
The Scientist Magazine
-
The Scientist Careers
-
Neuroscience Research Techniques
-
Genetic Research Techniques
-
Cell Culture Techniques
-
Microbiology and Immunology
-
Cancer Research and Technology
Advertisement
Current Issue
