Katherine Irving

Katherine Irving is an intern at The Scientist. She studied creative writing, biology, and geology at Macalester College, where she honed her skills in journalism and podcast production and conducted research on dinosaur bones in Montana. Her work has previously been featured in Science.

Articles by Katherine Irving

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Scientists Unearth the Oldest DNA Ever Found

Katherine Irving | | 3 min read

Julie Trolle and Jef Boeke

Self Sufficient Cells?

Katherine Irving | | 4 min read

a trio of infant mice, two brown mice on the ends and one white mouse in the middle

Mice Pass Epigenetic Tweaks to Pups

Katherine Irving | | 5 min read

A mother mouse breastfeeds her offspring

Fast-Acting Nonhormonal Male Birth Control Prevents Pregnancy in Mice

Katherine Irving | | 5 min read

a mouse moves away from the camera, its left leg caught in a cloth

Scientists Discover New “Superfast” Muscle Fibers in Mouse Limbs

Katherine Irving | | 4 min read

an image of a slice of a rat brain is colored red on a black background. a lime green human organoid sits in the top left of the brain

Human Brain Organoids Transplanted Into Rats Respond to Visual Stimuli

Katherine Irving | | 3 min read

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Claudia Gerri Studies the Mysteries of the Placenta

Katherine Irving | | 3 min read

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Mitochondrial Metabolism Dictates Neurons’ Growth Rate

Katherine Irving | | 4 min read

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm

Double Agents: Engineered Bacteria Tackle Pathogenic Biofilms in Mice

Katherine Irving | | 3 min read

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Scientists Use Centrifuge to Discover a Hormone

Katherine Irving | | 3 min read

a newly hatched mosquito sits on top of water, with its discarded cocoon floating below

In Vitro Malaria Sporozoite Production May Lead to Cheaper Vaccines

Katherine Irving | | 4 min read

three black mice lined up next to each other. the one on the left, fed a low-fat diet, has one small bald patch, the middle mouse, fed fish oil, has a large bald spot across its shoulders and back, and the right mouse, fed cocoa butter, has no baldness.

Fish Oil in Diet Can Cause Hair Loss in Mice, Study Finds

Katherine Irving | | 3 min read

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Newly Identified Neural Signature of Drug Craving Could Predict Drug Use

Katherine Irving | | 4 min read

A black-and-white photo of a person’s hands holding a black-and-white barred chicken. The feathers of its breast have been pulled back to reveal a large tumor.

Transmissible Tumors, 1909

Katherine Irving | | 2 min read

a white mouse sits on a blue exercise wheel, looking out onto the shavings below

Mice With a Healthy Gut Microbiome Are More Motivated to Exercise

Katherine Irving | | 4 min read

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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

In this webinar, Ethan Shelkey and Aurita Menezes will highlight key aspects in the design of cell-based assays.

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

Discover how alternative animal models provide new perspectives on physiological and biochemical processes.

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Experts from the Women’s Brain Foundation and bit.bio will explore the importance of sex-specific in vitro models for neurological research and drug discovery.

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