http://www.the-scientist.com/ The Scientist Article RSS Feed for News & Opinion en-us ©2011 TheScientist, a division of the LabX Media Group. All Rights Reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:20:00 EST 120 http://www.the-scientist.com/images/TheScientistLogo_white.gif http://www.the-scientist.com/ http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36078/article/Genome-Digest http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36078/article/Genome-Digest What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes Daily News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36076/article/Gene-Patents-Decision--Everybody-Wins http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36076/article/Gene-Patents-Decision--Everybody-Wins Last week’s Supreme Court decision to invalidate patents on human genes was a win for patients, independent researchers, and even the wider biotech industry. News Analysis, News & Opinion Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36062/article/Opinion--On-Patenting-Genes http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36062/article/Opinion--On-Patenting-Genes The scientific community and the impact of the Myriad Genetics Supreme Court decision Opinion Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:20:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36043/article/Opinion--Toxicants-and-the-Brain http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36043/article/Opinion--Toxicants-and-the-Brain Investment in brain research should aim at protecting the brains of the future from harmful environmental pollutants. Opinion Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:10:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36040/article/Platelets-Help-Tackle-Bacteria http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36040/article/Platelets-Help-Tackle-Bacteria The cell fragments play a role in the body’s first line of defense against bacterial infection, helping white blood cells grab blood-borne bacteria in the liver. Daily News, News & Opinion Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36028/article/Opinion--The-Present-and-Future-of-Neurogenomics http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/36028/article/Opinion--The-Present-and-Future-of-Neurogenomics Support the BRAIN Initiative, but don’t overlook the neurogenomic diagnostics that are already driving breakthroughs in brain and rare neurological disorders. News & Opinion, Opinion Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:57:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35995/article/Genes-Get-in-Your-Eye http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35995/article/Genes-Get-in-Your-Eye Directed evolution of a gene therapy virus vector improves its penetration into the retina. The Scientist, Daily News, News & Opinion Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35996/article/Nailing-Regeneration http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35996/article/Nailing-Regeneration Researchers identify the signaling program that enables finger and toenail stem cells to direct digit regeneration after amputation. Daily News, News & Opinion Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35926/article/Learning-to-Use-Brain-Computer-Interfaces http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35926/article/Learning-to-Use-Brain-Computer-Interfaces Controlling computers with the mind and learning motor skills rely on a similar set of brain regions. Daily News, News & Opinion Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35909/article/Opinion--Going-International http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35909/article/Opinion--Going-International US universities need to reach across their own borders to retain global scientific preeminence. Opinion Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35899/article/Opinion--The-Dilemma-of-Diversity http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35899/article/Opinion--The-Dilemma-of-Diversity The NIH remains a Caucasian-dominated workforce. Why haven’t the agency’s efforts to diversify been successful? Opinion Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35902/article/Human-Adult-Neurogenesis-Revealed http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35902/article/Human-Adult-Neurogenesis-Revealed Retrospective carbon dating of human hippocampal cells confirms substantial adult neurogenesis and suggests that the process contributes to brain function. Daily News Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:22:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35887/article/Optogenetics-and-OCD http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35887/article/Optogenetics-and-OCD Stimulating brain cells with light reveals the dysfunctional circuitry that causes obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Scientist, Daily News, News & Opinion Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35879/article/Bird-Flu-Mutation-Risk http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35879/article/Bird-Flu-Mutation-Risk Some H5N1 and H7N9 bird flu viruses could be one mutation away from spreading efficiently between humans. Daily News, News & Opinion Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35867/article/Opinion--BRAIN-Is-Not-Enough http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35867/article/Opinion--BRAIN-Is-Not-Enough The recently announced BRAIN Initiative, referred to as the Apollo program for neuroscience, needs more funding and better goals to live up to the hype. Opinion Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35854/article/Muscle-Disease-Gene-Identified-in-Fish http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35854/article/Muscle-Disease-Gene-Identified-in-Fish Scientists discover gene behind an inherited muscle disorder by studying zebrafish embryos. Daily News, News & Opinion Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35836/article/May-the-Best-Model-Win http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35836/article/May-the-Best-Model-Win Computational challenges are tapping the collective wisdom of the scientific community to solve medicine’s biggest problems. Daily News Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:15:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35680/article/Opinion--The-Payoff-of-Big-Science http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35680/article/Opinion--The-Payoff-of-Big-Science Was the Human Genome Project the key to a gold mine? Opinion Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35826/article/Epigenetics-Play-Cupid-for-Prairie-Voles http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35826/article/Epigenetics-Play-Cupid-for-Prairie-Voles Females of the pair-bonded rodent species become attached to their lifelong mates following histone modifications near oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes. Daily News Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35780/article/Mosquito-Transmission-Regulates-Malaria-Virulence http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35780/article/Mosquito-Transmission-Regulates-Malaria-Virulence Malaria parasites transmitted via mosquitoes elicit a more effective immune response and cause less severe infection than those directly injected into red blood cells. Daily News Wed, 29 May 2013 13:30:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35578/article/Opinion--Don-t-Fear-GM-Crops--Europe- http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35578/article/Opinion--Don-t-Fear-GM-Crops--Europe- If the European Union is to have any hope of feeding its population in the future, it must end its illogical aversion to genetic modification. Opinion Tue, 28 May 2013 08:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35608/article/Opinion--Learning-from-Peer-Review http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35608/article/Opinion--Learning-from-Peer-Review The grant-review process plays significant roles in the education of researchers and in shaping scientific progress. Opinion Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35684/article/Roach-Motel-Vacancies-Explained http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35684/article/Roach-Motel-Vacancies-Explained Scientists discover why certain cockroaches avoid eating insecticide-containing sugary bait. The Scientist, Daily News, News & Opinion Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35705/article/Behavior-Brief http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35705/article/Behavior-Brief A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research Daily News, Research round-up Thu, 23 May 2013 10:30:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35692/article/Ants-on-Burglar-Watch http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35692/article/Ants-on-Burglar-Watch An ant species that lives on a carnivorous pitcher plant keeps nutrient thieves from escaping by eating them. Daily News Wed, 22 May 2013 18:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35673/article/Inhibit-Mitochondria-to-Live-Longer- http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35673/article/Inhibit-Mitochondria-to-Live-Longer- Researchers find that reducing mitochondrial protein production in some animals can increase lifespan by activating a protective stress response. Daily News, News & Opinion Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35662/article/Rampant-Plagiarism-in-Two-Journals http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35662/article/Rampant-Plagiarism-in-Two-Journals An investigation by The Scientist reveals blatant misuse of open-access articles. Daily News Wed, 22 May 2013 09:15:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35647/article/Vitamin-C-Slays-TB-Bacteria http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35647/article/Vitamin-C-Slays-TB-Bacteria The essential nutrient can kill drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by producing oxidative radicals that damage DNA. Daily News Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35635/article/Protective-Phages http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35635/article/Protective-Phages Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota. Daily News, News & Opinion Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35632/article/Cell-Based-Computing-Goes-Analog http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35632/article/Cell-Based-Computing-Goes-Analog Synthetic biologists are looking to analog, not digital, circuits to create cell-based calculators that can add, divide, and even perform algorithms. Daily News, News & Opinion Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35629/article/Nano-vehicles-for-Cancer-Drugs http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35629/article/Nano-vehicles-for-Cancer-Drugs Experimental cancer therapeutics delivered to tumors via nanoparticles could provide a safer and more effective therapy than conventional chemotherapy. Daily News Mon, 20 May 2013 08:15:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35630/article/New-Guardians-Against-Diabetes- http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35630/article/New-Guardians-Against-Diabetes- A new class of immune cell could protect against type 1 diabetes by suppressing other immune cells. Daily News, News & Opinion Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35588/article/Ladybird-Bioterrorists http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35588/article/Ladybird-Bioterrorists The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species. The Scientist, Daily News, News & Opinion Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35596/article/Watching-the-Brain-Remember http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35596/article/Watching-the-Brain-Remember For the first time, researchers visualize zebrafish memory retrieval in real time. Daily News, News & Opinion Thu, 16 May 2013 13:30:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35581/article/Decoding-Bacterial-Methylomes http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35581/article/Decoding-Bacterial-Methylomes A new technique could soon spur unprecedented insight into the role of bacterial epigenetics in the evolution of pathogen virulence. Daily News Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35555/article/Oldest-Fossil-of-Ape-Discovered http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35555/article/Oldest-Fossil-of-Ape-Discovered Two new fossils of ancient primates shed light on the divergence of apes and Old World monkeys. Daily News, News & Opinion Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35567/article/New-Stem-Cells-on-the-Block http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35567/article/New-Stem-Cells-on-the-Block By reprogramming human fibroblasts into pluripotent stem cells with somatic cell nuclear transfer, scientists have come up with a viable alternative to iPSCs. Daily News Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35556/article/Revealing-Metamorphosis http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35556/article/Revealing-Metamorphosis Three-dimensional imaging of living chrysalises shows how butterflies develop. Daily News Tue, 14 May 2013 21:30:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35543/article/Opinion--Ethics-Training-in-Science http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35543/article/Opinion--Ethics-Training-in-Science The NIH has required researchers to receive instruction about responsible conduct for more than 20 years, but misconduct is still on the rise. Opinion Tue, 14 May 2013 08:45:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35544/article/Opinion--Remediating-Misconduct http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35544/article/Opinion--Remediating-Misconduct Should institutions invest in changing the behavior of scientists found guilty of violating research rules and ethics? Opinion Tue, 14 May 2013 08:45:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35514/article/The-Neurobiology-of-Individuality http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35514/article/The-Neurobiology-of-Individuality Mice that explore more have higher levels of neurogenesis, suggesting a link between experience, brain plasticity, and the emergence of distinct personalities. Daily News Thu, 09 May 2013 17:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35502/article/Anti-Malarial-Mosquitoes- http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35502/article/Anti-Malarial-Mosquitoes- Artificially induced bacterial infections in mosquitoes could reduce the spread of malaria-causing parasites. The Scientist, Daily News, News & Opinion Thu, 09 May 2013 14:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35486/article/Genome-Digest http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35486/article/Genome-Digest What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes Daily News, Research round-up Tue, 07 May 2013 19:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35463/article/Dynamic-Bat-Tongue-Mops-Up-Nectar http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35463/article/Dynamic-Bat-Tongue-Mops-Up-Nectar A nectar-feeding bat uses a blood-powered hydraulic process to control hair-like structures on its tongue to efficiently slurp up the sugary liquid from flowers.   Daily News Mon, 06 May 2013 15:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35448/article/Telomeres-Affect-Gene-Expression http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35448/article/Telomeres-Affect-Gene-Expression As telomeres shorten with age, genes as far as 1,000 kilobases away could be affected, including one responsible for an inherited muscle disease. Daily News, News & Opinion Sun, 05 May 2013 13:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35430/article/Re-sensitizing-Resistant-Bacteria http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35430/article/Re-sensitizing-Resistant-Bacteria Researchers use a protein-lipid complex found in human breast milk to increase the activity of otherwise-ineffective antibiotics against drug-resistant pathogens. Daily News Thu, 02 May 2013 14:45:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35419/article/Easy-Jump-for-H5N1-from-Bird-to-Mammal http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35419/article/Easy-Jump-for-H5N1-from-Bird-to-Mammal Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air. The Scientist, Daily News, News & Opinion Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35411/article/Brain-Is-Command-Center-for-Aging http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35411/article/Brain-Is-Command-Center-for-Aging Inflammation in the hypothalamus may induce degeneration in tissues throughout the body. Daily News Wed, 01 May 2013 15:15:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35365/article/Autism-Lyme-Correlation-Debunked http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35365/article/Autism-Lyme-Correlation-Debunked Researchers find zero evidence for Lyme-induced autism. Daily News Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:30:00 EST http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35356/article/Opinion--Bench-to-Bedside http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/35356/article/Opinion--Bench-to-Bedside A chance discovery made in my lab 17 years ago results in the first drug that can help patients with a rare disease. Opinion Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:45:00 EST