From Rosalind Franklin to Uzma Khan, female scientists’ feats are often ignored or forgotten. The Matilda Project aims to change…
How Ocean Currents Shape the Marine Microbiome
Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where…
Criticism of Autism-Gut Microbiome Research Sparks Pushback
Some scientists argued that autism-gut microbiome research is rife with conceptual and methodological flaws, from mouse to human studies. Microbiome…
Mirror Microbes Could End All Life on Earth. How Do We Stop Them?
Bacteria made of mirror molecules could evade the immune system and outcompete native species, but strategies put in place now…
First Use of Click Chemistry in Humans Safely Treats Cancer
The Nobel Prize-winning click chemistry technology allowed researchers to target tumors directly with a chemotherapy drug, preventing toxicity and side…
Annihilating PFAS with an AI-designed enzyme
Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, a team of researchers engineered an enzyme to degrade toxic PFAS molecules — and…
Curing rare childhood blindness with a special gene therapy
Via a unique regulatory route in the UK, scientists found that a gene therapy restored vision in young kids with…
On the cusp of a CAR T cell cure for lupus
Exhilarated but cautious, researchers are eager to see if CAR T cell therapy offers a one-time treatment for lupus. Drug…
3D bioprinting tissues in space to heal people on Earth
Scientists use 3D bioprinting in space to create tissues and organoids that would otherwise be difficult to make in the…
An in utero stem cell transplant for alpha thalassemia
Alpha thalassemia was once a fatal diagnosis. Now, a clinical trial tests if administering a mother’s stem cells in utero…
Stephanie DeMarco -- Science Writer 