Magazine Issue - April 2014 | Armed and Ready

Home
Archive
April 2014

Cover Story

Deploying the Body’s Army

Jamie Green and Charlotte Ariyan | Apr 1, 2014

Using patients’ own immune systems to fight cancer

Features

Overcoming Resistance

The Scientist Staff | Apr 1, 2014

In the face of bacterial threats that can evade modern medicines, researchers are trying every trick in the book to develop new, effective antibiotics.

Metals on our Mind

Anthony White | Apr 1, 2014

A dramatic loss of copper in key brain regions may be central to Alzheimer’s disease. Could restoring metals in the brain help?

Contributors

Meet some of the people featured in the April 2014 issue of The Scientist.

Editorial

Search and Destroy

Turning a patient’s immune cells into cancer-fighting weapons

Speaking of Science

April 2014's selection of notable quotes

Notebook

Fluke Forces

Dolphins prove that they rely on muscle power, rather than a trick of fluid dynamics, to race through water at high speeds.

Getting Down to Business

Is there a genetic component to entrepreneurial success?

Have Herpes, Will Travel

Insight into the geographical clustering of a viral genome comes from an unexpected source.

Dermatologically Derived

Inspired by turkey skin, researchers devise a bacteriophage-based sensor whose color changes upon binding specific molecules.

Critic at Large

Fighting Cancer with Nanomedicine

Nanotechnology-based therapeutics will revolutionize cancer treatment.

Stem Cells Off the Line

Researchers work to improve the efficiency of cell therapy manufacturing, while developing procedures to ensure consistent quality.

Modus Operandi

Molecular Multitasker

Scientists create a way to isolate mRNA from a single living cell within a tissue.

The Literature

Going Long

Researchers discover a tool to trigger an uncommon strategy cancer cells can use to lengthen their telomeres.

Elusive Receptor ID’d

Scientists identify an extracellular ATP receptor in plants.

Stem Cell Alter Egos

Researchers show that cancer stem cells can exist in two distinct and interconvertible states.

Profile

Commander of an Immune Flotilla

With much of his early career dictated by US Navy interests, Carl June drew inspiration from malaria, bone marrow transplantation, and HIV in his roundabout path to a breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy.