Year in Review: Hot Topics
In 2015, The Scientist dove deep into the latest research on aging, HIV, hearing, and obesity. By Jef Akst | December 21, 2015...
Top Technical Advances 2015
The Scientist’s choice of major improvements in imaging, optogenetics, single-cell analyses, and CRISPR By Kerry Grens | December 24,...
'Young blood' anti-ageing mechanism called into question
A protein in the blood of young mice that seemed to rejuvenate older animals may do the opposite. (http://www.nature.com/news/young-blood...
Programming tools: Adventures with R
Programming tools: Adventures with R A guide to the popular, free statistics and visualization software that gives scientists control of...
Three-in-one drug cuts body weight by a third
A new obesity drug merges the slimming powers of three digestive hormones—glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), gastric inhibitory peptide...
Immune system offers clues to cancer treatment
Immune system offers clues to cancer treatment Molecular signatures hint at who will benefit from next-generation cancer drugs....
‘Platinum’ genome takes on disease
‘Platinum’ genome takes on disease Disease sites targeted in assembly of more-complete version of the human genome sequence....
Geneticists tap human knockouts
Geneticists tap human knockouts Sequenced genomes reveal mutations that disable single genes and can point to new drugs....
Human skin cells reprogrammed directly into brain cells
Human skin cells reprogrammed directly into brain cells (http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-human-skin-cells-reprogrammed-brain.html)...
Are your bacteria jet-lagged?
Are your bacteria jet-lagged? Lacelike bacteria in the bumpy tissue that lines the mouse gut respond to disruptions in their host’s...
