Features

The Last Vaccine Frontier

Shooting Down Addiction
The Literature

Hiding Under a Cap
Editor's Choice in Immunology

The Axis of Aging
Editor's choice in developmental biology

A Joint Endeavor
Editor's selection in physiology

Approaching Universality
Pitfalls and triumphs on the way to complete vaccine protection.
Notebook

Cellular Salve
Ivan Martin talks about the promise of using cell-based therapies to regenerate joint cartilage.

One Bad Apple
A unique virus and the worm it infects turn up in an orchard outside of Paris.

Summit Science
Researchers seeking a link between vision problems and the dangerous physiological effects of hypoxia in mountain climbers are taking their work to new heights.

Simultaneity
Two research teams studying a rare genetic disorder discover independently that it's caused by genes that are crucial to DNA replication.
Speaking of Science

Speaking of Science
June 2011's selection of notable quotes
Bio Business

Take Two of These
Drugmakers are teaming up to test the disease-fighting power of combination therapies earlier in the development cycle than ever before.
Thought Experiment

First, Do No Harm…
Is DNA damage an inevitable consequence of epigenetic reprogramming?
Critic at Large

Hard and Harder
The path to eradicating malaria in Africa involves much more than just a vaccine.
Foundations

One-Man NIH, 1887
As epidemics swept across the United States in the 19th century, the US government recognized the pressing need for a national lab dedicated to the study of infectious disease.
Scientist to Watch

Dominique Bergmann: Probing Plant Pores
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University. Age: 41
Contributors

Contributors
Meet some of the people featured in the June 2011 issue of The Scientist.
Capsule Reviews

Capsule Reviews
In The Evolutionary World, Vermeij takes on the skeptics—both those with valid questions and those with irrational ones—and shows how the struggle for existence leads to variety and creativity.
Reading Frames

The Gravity of Life
Whose well-being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?
Cover Story

Vaccines
Looking back, looking ahead
Lab Tools

Track Your Package
How to follow stem cells transplanted into living tissue.
Editorial

A Shot in the Arm
Decades of vaccine research have expanded our understanding of the immune system and are yielding novel disease-fighting tactics.