December 2022/January 2023- Volume 18, Issue 12
In this Issue
Editor's Focus
The ecology of disease
The ecology of disease
A clear-eyed view of illness emerges from Alzheimer's disease.
Glass T cells kill cancer in living color
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 battle with microscopic precision.
Exercise Physiology
Exercise mimicking drugs boost brain health
Exercise mimicking drugs boost brain health
Exercise-induced molecules may inspire the next generation of neuroprotective drugs.
Are antihistamines antiworkout?
Are antihistamines antiworkout?
Histamine is released in response to physical activity, but that doesn’t mean that humans are allergic to exercise. John Halliwill investigates the intriguing role of histamine in exercise.
Antibiotics
Two sides to overcoming antibiotic resistance
Two sides to overcoming antibiotic resistance
Researchers seeking new classes of chemical compounds or pursuing alternative antibacterial approaches make their cases.
Mining human proteins for hidden antibiotics
Mining human proteins for hidden antibiotics
Advances in computation and artificial intelligence help scientists identify novel antibiotics encoded within human proteins and create new ones.
Hematology
Making blood in the lab
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.
