Detecting disease in breath
Researchers are rooting through the concoction of compounds in exhaled breath vapor for metabolic manifestations of COVID-19 and cancer.
Articles by Sarah Anderson, PhD
Explained: How Does CAR T Cell Therapy Work?
By engineering immune cells to effectively attack cancer cells, researchers established a new paradigm for cancer therapy.
Calculating better tuberculosis treatments
Denise Kirschner developed an equation-based lung model of a fatal but forgotten infectious disease, revealing an unexpected role for math in drug discovery.
The ticking clock of metabolic disease
Mitchell Lazar studies the transcription factors linking circadian disruption to obesity and diabetes.
Gene editing: DNA versus RNA
Researchers correcting the genetic causes of disease at the DNA or RNA level make their cases.
Making a mess of the tidy narrative
Accuracy doesn’t only apply to isolated facts, but to the overall picture they paint.
What are the immediate effects of exercise on the heart?
Understanding how the heart initially responds to exercise can provide clues into the biological basis of various cardioprotective mechanisms.
Making blood in the lab
Facing donor shortages and storage limitations, researchers are developing synthetic red blood cells, platelets, and plasma and combining them into artificial blood.
