Rebecca Roberts,PhD

Rebecca Roberts, PhD

Articles by Rebecca Roberts, PhD

A funnel web spider sits within its web.

Spider Venom Prevents Tissue Damage After Heart Attack and Stroke

Three mosquito larvae, colored pink, blue, or yellow, against a black background.

A Single Genetic Tweak Stops Mosquitoes from Spreading Malaria

The silhouettes of two children, one standing and one in a wheelchair, playing with toy aeroplanes against a sunny blue sky.

Prime Editing Could Treat a Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorder

A mottled black-and-yellow Southern corroboree frog sits on the tip of a blue-gloved finger in front of a mossy background.

Scientists Leverage Genomics to Save Endangered Frogs from a Deadly Fungus

A liver, supplied with blood vessels, glows red on a background filled with red blood cells.

Macrophages Gobble Up Old Neutrophils to Heal Transplanted Livers

Green clusters of moss on a petri dish against a white background.

Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

Bacterial cells encased in a slimy red extracellular matrix, forming a biofilm.

How Biofilms Threaten Human Health

Petros Giannikopoulos (right) and Fyodor Urnov (left) stand in the lab where the on-demand CRISPR therapy was produced. They are both wearing blue shirts and glasses.

Baby KJ’s Bespoke Gene Therapy Is a Masterclass in Scientific Collaboration

An MRI image of a human brain, with a glowing red section which indicates a tumor.

Why Are Breast Cancers That Metastasize to the Brain Hard to Treat?

Micrograph of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Some pink- and purple-colored cells against a pink background.

Final Destination: Distinct Cell Differentiation Patterns in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Revealed

The three-dimensional structure of a GPCR protein, with pink and blue shaded alpha helices

G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Their Role as Drug Targets

A white dire wolf stands in a grassy enclosure in front of a pile of logs.

Dire Wolf De-Extinction Debate Divides Scientists

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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