Kamal Nahas

Kamal Nahas, PhD

Kamal is a freelance science journalist based in the UK with a PhD in virology from the University of Cambridge. He enjoys writing about the quirky side of biology, like the remarkable extent to which we depend on our gut bacteria, as well as technological breakthroughs, including how artificial intelligence can be leveraged to design proteins. His work has also appeared in Live Science, Nature, New Scientist, Science, Scientific American, and other places. Find him at www.kamalnahas.com or on X @KLNahas.

Articles by Kamal Nahas, PhD

A UMAP projection of a large transcriptomics dataset.

An AI Lab Partner Helps Sift Through Transcriptomics Data

An orange Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium with white flagella on a blue background.

Pseudomonas Bacteria Escape Immunity by Disrupting Energy Production in Macrophages

The Swedish bridge spider on a web over a blue background.

Unraveling the Web of Proteins in Spider Silk

A thermal image of a woman’s head and neck taken from the back.

Newly Found Fat Cell Uses a Different Approach to Heat the Body  

An illustration of a purple and blueribosome using mRNA as a template to synthesize a red protein chain.

A Small RNA with a Big Impact on Cell Aging

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Cellular Trains Make a Quick Getaway

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Fast Tracking Protein Delivery into the Nucleus

A tilted LED screen showing color-coded DNA sequences.

Expanding the Genetic Alphabet

A fluorescent imaginal disc from <em >Drosophila&nbsp;</em>larvae on a black background.

Cancers with an Exceptional Cause

MRI scan of a human head in profile

Gut Microbe Metabolites Lower Levels of Toxic Tau

Four circular maps of color-coded immune cell types corresponding to the four tumor microenvironment archetypes.

A Bird’s Eye View of the Tumor Microenvironment

A 3D spherical neutrophil animation with a pink, polysegmented nucleus

The Nucleus’ Secret to Shapeshifting

Several X-shaped duplicated chromosomes floating on a blurry blue background.

Centromeres Mutate More Rapidly Than Expected

Two cells fluorescently stained for normal (red) and damaged (green) lysosomes.

Cancer Cells Spread When They Stop Recycling Waste

Cuboidal DNA origami block containing parallel double helices (gray columns) decorated with tumor antigens (green proteins) and CpG adjuvants (yellow helices) on opposing faces.

Fighting Tumors with DNA Origami

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3D illustration of a gold lipid nanoparticle with pink nucleic acid inside of it. Purple and teal spikes stick out from the lipid bilayer representing polyethylene glycol.
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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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

New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

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