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Much of the CD4+ T-cell death that occurs during HIV infection may be caused by direct delivery of the virus from neighboring cells, a study shows.

DNA-damage response and cancer immunotherapy discoveries are among those recognized by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation this year.

Liberia is again declared free of Ebola transmission, which continues—at reduced rates—in Guinea and Sierra Leone.

When influenza invades the mouse respiratory tract, neutrophils guide the subsequent T-cell attack on infected tissue, scientists show.  

Online scientific journals are sacrificing the quality of research articles to make a buck.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

High carbon dioxide levels can irreversibly rev up a cyanobacterium’s ability to fix nitrogen over the long term, a study finds.

Common in vitro experiments have distorted the true mechanics of mammalian hair cell stereocilia.

Support cells in the inner ear respond differently to two drugs that kill hair cells.

A molecular signature makes it possible to trace the details of hair cell replacement in the mammalian inner ear.

A teaching obligation in graduate school introduced James Hudspeth to a career focused on how vertebrates sense sounds.

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology University of California, Riverside. Age: 44