Beyond The Scientist’s coverage of COVID-19’s molecular underpinnings were many other stories highlighting the advances made in scientists’ understanding of the biology of cells.

The common fluorescent marker GFP traveled a long road to take its popular place in molecular biology today.

With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.

Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.

Modification on a high-resolution fluorescent microscopy technique allow researchers to track the precise movements of motor proteins. 

Animal cells cannot produce 9 of the 20 amino acids they need to function. Some researchers are looking to change that.

Researchers discovered how virulent bacterial proteins leech nutrients from plant cells, leading to a potential treatment for diseased crops.

DNA microscopy pinpoints the locations of transcripts by laying a grid of tags over the molecules and labeling each connection.

Innovative instruments, often jerry-built from parts of other devices, are making a wide array of new projects possible One look through something called a confocal microscope was all it took for William Sunderland to make a drastic change in his career plans. A math student with what appeared to be a bright future in computers, he peeked one day through the lens of a microscope invented in the lab where he worked. The dazzlingly detailed pictures of living cells convinced him to switch his ma