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Turning on the Bat Signal
Hannah Thomasy, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists around the world investigate how bat immune systems cope with viral attacks and how this information could be used to keep humans safe.
Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Finding DNA Tags in AAV Stacks
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 7, 2024
| 8 min read
Ten years ago, scientists put DNA barcodes in AAV vectors, creating an approach that simplified, expedited, and streamlined AAV screening.
Precision Medicine: A New Era in Cancer Therapy
Rebecca Roberts, PhD
| Dec 15, 2023
| 6 min read
Precision medicine helps clinicians tailor individual treatments, addressing genetic mutations, tumor microenvironment variations, and therapeutic resistance.
A Microbial Link to Parkinson’s Disease
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Dec 4, 2023
| 6 min read
Haydeh Payami helped uncover the genetic basis of Parkinson’s disease. Now, she hopes to find new ways to treat the disease by studying the gut microbiome.
The Ephemeral Life of the Placenta
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Dec 4, 2023
| 10+ min read
Recent advances in modeling the human placenta, the least understood organ, may inform placental disorders like preeclampsia.
New Strategies to Discover Human Disease Genes
The Scientist
| Oct 16, 2023
| 2 min read
Learn how researchers across health-related fields identify and characterize disease-causing genomic variants.
2024 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Sep 14, 2023
| 10 min read
This year’s Breakthrough Prizes honor advances in CAR T cancer therapies, cystic fibrosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
Onward and Upward!
Kristie Nybo, PhD
| Sep 8, 2023
| 9 min read
At
The Scientist
, we are strengthening our roots while reaching for the sky.
Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Sep 8, 2023
| 10+ min read
To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.
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