Andrea Lius is an intern at The Scientist. She earned her PhD in pharmacology from the University of Washington. Besides science, she also enjoys writing short-form creative nonfiction.
Transferring mitochondria, or the glial cells that produce them, to mice with nerve damage mitigated pain, suggesting a promising path to treat neuropathic pain.
Simple adaptations that allow mangroves to tolerate saltwater may help researchers engineer other plants to be more resilient in the face of rising sea levels.
Survey data showed that hoarding research topics and resources, termed the Gollum effect, has a lasting impact on trainees and perpetuates a toxic research culture.
Scientists engineered phages to act as scaffolds to carry silver nanoparticles. Together, the two bacteria-killing components were more potent than either one alone.
Cocooned ants infected with a deadly fungus call on workers to kill them to protect the colony—the first example of altruistic disease signaling in social insects.
Stress can accelerate the depletion of pigment-producing cell progenitors, which is a natural aging process. But this may be reversible to a certain extent.
RNA from one of the best-preserved woolly mammoths broke the record for oldest RNA ever found, pushing the limit of how long these famously labile molecules can last.
James Watson pioneered molecular biology through his co-discovery of DNA’s double helix structure, but his prejudiced views turned him into an outcast.
Flies carrying disease-causing microbes will likely contaminate the food they touch, but different factors determine whether the person who eats it will get sick.
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