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Stephanie is a science journalist and editor based in Los Angeles. She is the Managing Editor at The Scientist.

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A nasal algae vaccine against malaria

Mice vaccinated with spirulina expressing a malaria parasite protein were protected from infection, setting the stage for future clinical trials.…

bacteria, immunology, infectious disease, malaria, microbiology, science, spirulina, vaccine

Glass T cells kill cancer in living color

With videos of dramatic cancer cell deaths and unflagging T cell attacks, Alex Ritter studies how immune cells and tumors…

art, cancer, glass blowing, immune cell, immunology, science, T cell

Tattoo therapeutics deliver medicine more than skin deep

From ancient medicines to equipping humans with new senses, tattoos are more than just permanent marks on the skin. They…

ancient medicine, art, diagnostics, drug delivery, immune system, science, sensors, tattoo, vaccine

Missing mutations solve a genetic mystery

In a journey that spanned the genomes of more than 150,000 Icelanders, archival samples, and a fetus in utero, researchers…

dna sequencing, genetics, genomics, mutations, mystery, science

What the pox is going on?

Cases of monkeypox are popping up across the globe. But where did it come from? How does it work? And…

history, infectious disease, monkeypox, pox, science, smallpox, virus

Science comedy gets to the heart of science communication

Using comedy to talk about technical topics makes science more accessible. Drug Discovery News

comedy, scicomm, science, sketch

Metabolomics open a window into better cancer treatments

Chemical biologist Stefano Tiziani uses metabolomics to identify new combination cancer treatments and to predict which patients will respond best…

cancer, chemotherapy, drug discovery, metabolomics, phenotypic screen, prostate

Predicting immune responses to vaccination

Armed with a machine learning and systems biology approach, John Tsang studies how past infections and vaccinations shape an individual’s…

computational biology, COVID-19, immune system, immunology, machine learning, vaccine

Menstrual blood holds the key to better diagnostics

Usually thrown away as waste, menstrual blood may help clinicians non-invasively monitor and diagnose a multitude of health conditions from…

blood, cancer, diabetes, diagnostics, endometriosis, genomics, menstruation, proteomics, women's health

Bacterial nanosyringes are drug and delivery all in one

Nanosyringes produced by some bacterial species naturally inject proteins into eukaryotic cells, paving a new frontier for biologic drug delivery.…

bacteria, biologics, drug delivery, microbiology, nanosyringe

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