The Scientist April 2019 Issue

April 2019

Will Car T Cells Smash Tumors?

New trials take the therapy beyond the blood

Features

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The Next Frontier of CAR T-Cell Therapy: Solid Tumors

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Some Cancers Become Contagious

Advances in the functional characterization of newly discovered microproteins hint at their diverse roles  in health and disease

The Dark Matter of the Human Proteome

Editorial

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Miracle Elixirs

Notebook

 immunotherapy  treatment may cause latent infections of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to flare up in cancer patients

Tuberculosis Can Emerge After Cancer Immunotherapy

Could Grandpa’s Early Diet Affect Your Health?

cancer more common in men

Why Is Cancer More Common in Men Than in Women?

Researchers DNA Barcode the Arctic

Modus Operandi

removing chemotheraphy drugs

Mopping Up Excess Chemotherapy Drugs

Profiles

Miriam Merad

Cancer Vaxxer: A Profile of Miriam Merad

Scientist to Watch

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Sophia Lunt Traces the Effect of Metabolism on Cancer Metastasis

Lab Tools

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Contending with Resistance in Cancer Immunotherapy

Bio Business

small-molecule therapeutics treat cancer and other diseases

Scientists Take Aim at Disease-Causing RNAs Using Small-Molecule Drugs

Reading Frames

oliver sacks book everything in its place

A Review of Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales

Foundations

From Chemical Weapon to Chemotherapy, 1917–1946

The Literature

Fat Tissue Can Help Cancer Cells Proliferate, Metastasize

Cancer-Specific Antigens Encoded in “Junk” DNA

primordial germ cells

Stray Germ Cells May Seed Female-Biased Cancerous Cysts

Freeze Frame

Human lung cancer cells

Caught on Camera

Speaking of Science

april 2019 crossword

Ten-Minute Sabbatical

Contributors

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Contributors

Infographics

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Infographic: When Cancers Become Parasites

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Infographic: CAR-T Cells in Solid Versus Liquid Cancers

Microprotein Functions infographic

Infographic: Functional Characterization of Microproteins

removing chemotherapy drugs infographic

Infographic: Medication Mop-Up

fat tissue can help cancer cells proliferate metastasize

Infographic: How Fat Cells Influence Tumor Growth

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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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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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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