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Dan Robitzski

Dan is an award-winning journalist based in Los Angeles who joined The Scientist as a reporter and editor in 2021. Ironically, Dan’s undergraduate degree and brief career in neuroscience inspired him to write about research rather than conduct it, culminating in him earning a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University in 2017. In 2018, an Undark feature Dan and colleagues began at NYU on a questionable drug approval decision at the FDA won first place in the student category of the Association of Health Care Journalists' Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. Now, Dan writes and edits stories on all aspects of the life sciences for the online news desk, and he oversees the “The Literature” and “Modus Operandi” sections of the monthly TS Digest and quarterly print magazine. Read more of his work at danrobitzski.com.

Articles by Dan Robitzski

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Q&A: What if Immune Cells Don’t Actually Detect Viruses and Bacteria?

Microscopy view of cancerous human cervix cells stained violet.

Why Some HPV Infections Carry More Cervical Cancer Risk

Glass blown and sculpted model of the golden bellapple (<em>Passiflora laurifolia</em>)

Glass Menagerie, 1863–1936

Glass-blown and sculpted model of the sea anemone (<em>Phymactis florida</em>)

Slideshow: The Lifelike Glass Models of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka

Closeup of a pair of hands in blue gloves holding a white mouse and injecting it with an amber colored liquid.

Opioids Recruit the Immune System to Cause Withdrawal Symptoms

Artist&rsquo;s rendition of a neuron silhouetted against a glowing red background.

SNO-y Protein Levels Help Explain Why More Women Develop Alzheimer’s

A collection of images from previous neuroscience articles, including those of an octopus in a chamber, artistic renditions of a brain, brain scans, and an image of neural connections in vitro.

Our Favorite Neuroscience Stories of 2022

A collection of images from prior stories, including illustrations of DNA, chromosomes, and various cells, microscopy images of cancer cells, and a photo of a mouse on a treadmill.

Our Favorite Cancer Stories of 2022

Artist&rsquo;s rendition of two X chromosomes in blue, with a glowing orange line swirling around one.

Male and Female Stem Cells Derived from One Donor in Scientific First

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University of California, Striking Workers Unions Reach Tentative Deal

Artist&rsquo;s rendition of the molecular structure of a ribosome (blue and purple) as it produces a polypeptide chain (red) from an mRNA template (orange and gray), with tRNA molecules (dark purple) shuttling amino acids.

Specialized Sperm Ribosomes Are Key to Male Fertility in Mice

Illustration of DNA

Can “Gene Writing” Deliver What Gene Editing Can’t?

A woman wearing a gray sweater and a bright orange scarf and hat blows her nose vaguely in the direction of the camera. A snowy landscape can be seen behind her.

How Cold Weather May Help You Catch a Cold

Image of a white cardboard box with a blue vertical stripe on the left side, the word &ldquo;Apixaban&rdquo; in blue lettering at the bottom, and a depiction of apixaban&rsquo;s molecular structure in black.

Blood Thinner Ineffective for COVID-19 Patients: Study

A brown and gray Daubenton&rsquo;s bat in midair, flying in the general direction of the camera with wings outstretched and mouth open.

Duplicated Gene Helps Bats Survive “Arms Race” With Viruses

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February 2025, Issue 1

A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors.

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Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

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Scaling Lentiviral Vector Manufacturing for Optimal Productivity

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Putting Pathogens to the Test with Wastewater Surveillance

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Generating High-Quality mRNA for In Vivo Delivery with lipid nanoparticles

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