Robert Gallo told the story of moving from darkness into light. Photo: Constance Brukin/CSHL Archive
COLD SPRING HARBOR, NEW YORK—When I walked into the dining hall of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) here at dusk on 13 October,…
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This SIV-infected monkey shows far less virus (red-yellow) after treatment with an antibody to α4ß7 (right). Photo: Philip J. Santangelo/Francois Villinger
“Fascinating.” “A complete first.” “Striking.” “Too amazing to be real.” Those are some of the reactions researchers are having to a provocative, baffling monkey study…
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A new patent claim and legal maneuvering have enlivened the fight over who controls rights to CRISPR, a genome-editing method. Mopic/Alamy Stock Photo
The 9-month-old patent battle over CRISPR, a novel genome-editing tool that could have immense commercial value, has taken two surprising twists. Last week, attorneys for the…
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Credits: (Map) J. You/Science; (Data) Heidi Larson et al., EBioMedicine
The French had less confidence in the safety of vaccines than the residents of 66 other countries recently surveyed by researchers. A team lead by…
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A Swedish scientist included cabbage engineered with CRISPR-Cas9 in this pasta dish. Photo: Stefan Jansson/Umeå University
In what Swedish plant scientist Stefan Jansson declares “maybe” a historic event, he cultivated, grew, and ate a plant that had its genome edited with…
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Mosquitoes likely transmitted Zika to people in this Miami neighborhood, according to the Florida health department. Florida Department of Health
It’s little surprise that the Florida Department of Health confirmed this morning that there’s a “high likelihood” that local transmission of Zika has occurred in…
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This man is one of 28,000 people who received HIV tests every 6 months as part of the treatment as prevention study in KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. Credit: Jason Kane
One of the great unknowns in HIV/AIDS research is how much prevention bang you get for your treatment buck. Yes, antiretroviral (ARV) drugs make individuals…
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“Are you afraid to take your meds?” asks the virtual African-American man on the iPhone screen. “I get that. Like people are telling you you’ve…
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A computed tomography scan of a tuberculosis patient's lungs. Hanif Esmail
High-tech images of the lungs of people with “latent” tuberculosis (TB) identified those at risk of developing symptoms. The new work, which researchers presented in…
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