Biochemist Sharon Stack hopes to advance the field of ovarian cancer by exploring the tumor and host-related factors that influence its metastatic process.

Kamal is a freelance science journalist based in the UK with a PhD in virology from the University of Cambridge. View full profile. Learn about our editorial policies. Guan and his team compared 171 ...

Scientists devised a synthetic protein-based motor fueled by biological reactions to cut through a peptide lawn.

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) has a complicated relationship with humans. While this commensal bacterium colonizes ...

A new prime editing sensor library targeting p53 mutations allowed scientists to interrogate thousands of tumor genotypes as they arose in endogenous contexts.

Moments after birth, a baby takes a first breath as the placenta, which has served as the fetus’ lungs during gestation, transfers responsibility to the baby's own organs. However, for patients born ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more integrated across industries, and biology research is no exception. However, most of these models perform specific tasks. For example, AlphaFold predicts ...

CRISPR-carrying lipid nanoparticles enabled researchers to correct a rare nonsense mutation in the lungs of a cystic fibrosis ...

Yet, despite the cost savings that virtual platforms offered for researchers, scientists flew to conferences in throngs once ...

Nathan Ni holds a PhD from Queens University. He is a science editor for The Scientist’s Creative Services Team who strives to better understand and communicate the relationships between health and ...

Isaac Garcia-Murillas is a molecular biologist at the Institute of Cancer Research. Following PhD training and a postdoctoral fellowship where he studied lipids and intracellular signaling in model ...