Articles by Joshua A. Krisch

Should researchers advocate for the inclusion of science in public policymaking?

CT16 appears to eliminate cancer stem cells more effectively than radiation therapy in vitro and has shown promise in mice.

Analysis of an ancient shark fossil provides the strongest evidence to date that modern sharks derive from a class of 400 million–year-old bony fish.

President Donald Trump has nominated physician Scott Gottlieb to be the next FDA commissioner.

HR 1313 could circumvent protections offered by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, enabling employers to incentivize employee sharing of genetic and other medical information.

Moving toward a fully synthetic yeast genome; backing up environmental data; regulating appetite with osteoblast hormones; investigating electrosensory organs in fish; contemplating federal science budgets

Canada’s parliament is set for a final vote on a proposed genetic nondiscrimination act.

The Endangered Species Act has been under fire since January, as states' attorneys general and US Congress alike have attempted to weaken it.

Researchers have known for decades that certain fish make use of specialized electrosensory cells, but the precise mechanism of these cells was a mystery until now. 

Despite several changes in the Trump administration’s new immigration ban, scientists continue to voice concerns about the executive order.  

The last living mammoths likely had sparse coats, digestive issues, and trouble attracting mates, researchers report.

A conversation with graduate student Alex Bradley

Remembering Eugene Garfield; protecting citizens from their own genes; a suicide switch for stem cells; storing movies on DNA; sterilizing insects with Wolbachia

A conversation with computer scientist Yaniv Erlich

The president has signed two bills encouraging NASA and the NSF to recruit women into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professions.