Fecal transplants outcompeted traditional antibiotics at curing a deadly intestinal infection.
Fecal transplants outcompeted traditional antibiotics at curing a deadly intestinal infection.
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.
Academics get paid handsome fees to consult with the financial industry, but run the risk of revealing confidential information that leads to illicit gains.
Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
Two new studies claim that a shoddy test may have caused Alzheimer’s drugs to fail in clinical trials.
This year’s roundup of bad behavior in the life sciences and new initiatives to prevent misconduct
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.