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A Sticky Situation: Recombinant DNA Technology

Janet Mertz’s work with simian virus 40 DNA during her graduate years was pivotal for developing DNA recombination as we now know it.

X-ray crystallography of penicillin

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Crystal-Clear Penicillin, 1945

In urban bathhouses in Germany and the surrounding low countries, bathhouse proprietors, known as baders, provided visitors with basic medical care. To draw blood, baders would scratch the skin before placing a heated cupping glass over the incision to extract blood and purge the body. Other tools associated with baders, including dental forceps and an amputation saw, hint at further services they provided.

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Bathing Through the Ages: 1300–1848

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Glass blown and sculpted model of the golden bellapple (<em>Passiflora laurifolia</em>)

Glass Menagerie, 1863–1936

Dan Robitzski | | 3 min read

Glass-blown and sculpted model of the sea anemone (<em>Phymactis florida</em>)

Slideshow: The Lifelike Glass Models of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka

Dan Robitzski | | 3 min read

3d render Blood cells (depth of field)

William Harvey Revolutionized Our Understanding of Circulation

Dhun Sethna | | 5 min read

Lower part of a skeleton with the left foot missing

31,000-Year-Old Skeleton Reveals Oldest Known Surgery

Christie Wilcox, PhD | | 2 min read

Artist’s rendition of light blue monkeypox viruses in front of a black background.

FDA To Stretch Monkeypox Vaccine Supply via Intradermal Injection

Shafaq Zia | | 4 min read

Formed of various flowers, this personification cartoon of a female botanist, painted by George Spratt, was pasted into Allen’s copy of The English Flora.

La Botaniste, 1810–1865

Sukanya Charuchandra | | 2 min read

Collage of images including sperm, bacteria, coral, and an illustration of a researcher

Our Favorite Cell and Molecular Biology Stories of 2021

Jef Akst | | 3 min read

Photograph of a waterfall

Falling Water, Rising Rocks, 1834

Catherine Offord | | 2 min read

Human blood in a plastic Intravenous drip bag, the tube running out of the image. Square crop. Horizontal with copy space.

Opinion: What the History of Blood Transfusion Reveals About Risk

Paul A. Offit | | 5 min read

A black and white photo of two sets of flowers in test tubes, one of which is wilting

Posies, Poison, and Periods, Early 1920s

Annie Melchor | | 3 min read

Birth of Midwifery, Circa 100 CE

Lisa Winter | | 3 min read

two black-and-white microscope images, one with a few black dots, the other with many rod-shaped bacteria

Identifying a Killer, 1895

Catherine Offord | | 4 min read

a large campus building, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall at Howard University

Leader of the Pack, 1903–1994

Lisa Winter | | 3 min read

Can Single Cells Learn?

Catherine Offord | | 10+ min read

Stamping Out Science, 1948

Catherine Offord | | 4 min read

Infographic: Investigating Whether Single Cells Learn

Catherine Offord | | 2 min read

Bile and Potatoes, 1921

Jef Akst | | 3 min read

Identity Crisis, 1906

Catherine Offord | | 4 min read

Viral Discoveries, 1929

Max Kozlov | | 3 min read

Introducing Inoculation, 1721

Max Kozlov | | 4 min read

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Leveraging AI for Analyzing Cell Transfection Efficiency

Explore how AI can provide more accurate and reliable measurements of transfection success rate.

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

PCR-based bacterial and fungal detection helps scientists efficiently analyze the sterility of their cell cultures, improving Mycoplasma testing and beyond.

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

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