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Ruth Williams

Ruth is a freelance journalist. Before freelancing, Ruth was a news editor for the Journal of Cell Biology in New York and an assistant editor for Nature Reviews Neuroscience in London. Prior to that, she was a bona fide pipette-wielding, test tube–shaking, lab coat–shirking research scientist. She has a PhD in genetics from King’s College London, and was a postdoc in stem cell biology at Imperial College London. Today she lives and writes in Connecticut.

Articles by Ruth Williams

DNA cell on scientific background

Mechanism of a Genome Packaging Machine Discovered

The hinge region of cohesin pulls DNA to two head regions, like a person’s hand-to-hand motion of pulling on a rope.

Infographic: How Genome-Packaging Protein Cohesin Handles DNA

Artist's impression of the human microbiome

Diet Implicated in Autism-Microbiome Link

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Stress-Induced Molecular Globs Boost Bacterial Fitness

brain scan showing uptake of tratuzumab into tumor (arrow)

Sound Waves Aid Brain Tumor Treatment

blind mole rat

Blind Mole Rats Use Junk DNA to Combat Cancer

Fruit flies in a vial

Accurate Protein Production Promotes Longevity

Abstract illustration of DNA

Signaling Dynamics Fine-Tune Gene Expression

Mouse heart cells that have taken up adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles (stained red)

Fat Cells Send Mitochondrial Distress Signals to the Heart

Plant cryptospore fossil found in 480 million-year-old Australian rock

Discovered: Fossilized Spores Suggestive of Early Land Plants

Photo of newborn mouse pups

Retinal Activity Prepares Blind Newborn Mice for Vision

Microbial Fossils Found in 3.4-Billion-Year-Old Subseafloor Rock

An illustration of a microscope objecting beaming blue light onto a nematode worm with the labels objective, agar substrate, micro laser beams, paralyzed c. elegans, and controlled c. elegans movement

AI Controls Laser-Guided Robot Worms

photo of a researcher looking in a microscope fertilising an egg via intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Human Stem Cell Research Guidelines Updated

Transmission electron microscope image of Zika virus particles

T Cell–Boosting Zika Vaccine Protects Mice from the Virus

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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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