Editor's choice in immunology
Cyclic peptides, discovered in an African tea used to speed labor and delivery, may hold potential as drug-stabilizing scaffolds, antibiotics, and anticancer drugs.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, San Diego. Age: 34
Unraveling the molecular causes of acute pancreatitis—a potentially deadly disease in which the pancreas essentially digests itself—is yielding clues to how it might be treated.
Officials in Punjab province have arrested the owners of pharmaceutical companies making cardiac drugs suspected to contain heavy-metal contaminants.
Bacteria that evolve resistance to antimicrobial therapies may be able to evade natural immune peptides.
This week will mark the one-year anniversary of the last polio case in the second-most populous country.
An adenovirus isolated from chimpanzee feces proves more effective than human adenoviruses as a vaccine vector for hepatitis C.