January 2017

Driving Out Disease

Scenarios for the genetic manipulation of mosquito vectors

Features

Repurposing Existing Drugs for New Indications

Forensics 2.0

Lab Tools

Characterizing the Imprintome

Careers

Addressing Biomedical Science’s PhD Problem

Reading Frames

Moving Past the Myth of a Simple Biological Difference Between the Sexes

Foundations

The Sled Dogs that Stopped an Outbreak

Modus Operandi

New Technique Enables Observation of Accessible Chromatin

The Literature

RNA Sequences Don’t Predict In Vivo Transcript Structure

Newly Found White Blood Cell Withstands Chemotherapy

Transgenerational Epigenetics Prepares Plants for Drought

Profiles

Methylation Maestro

Scientist to Watch

Jeremy Day Probes Reward Signaling in the Brain

Contributors

Contributors

Editorial

Gene Drives and Other Controversies

Speaking of Science

Notable Science Quotes

Notebook

Reconstructing the Effects of the Fur Trade in the Brazilian Amazon

How an Invasive Bee Managed to Thrive in Australia

Caribbean Anoles Function as Model Organisms for Evolutionary Dynamics

Researchers Track Eels on Their Cross-Atlantic Migration

Cover Story

Using Gene Drives to Limit the Spread of Malaria

Critic at Large

Opinion: Ethical Considerations of “Three-Parent” Babies

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Explore new strategies for improving plasmid DNA manufacturing workflows.

Overcoming Obstacles in Plasmid DNA Manufacturing

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Products

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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies