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Why Do People Have Different Blood Types?
Humanity’s microscopic foes may be to blame for the ABO polymorphism.
Why Do People Have Different Blood Types?
Why Do People Have Different Blood Types?

Humanity’s microscopic foes may be to blame for the ABO polymorphism.

Humanity’s microscopic foes may be to blame for the ABO polymorphism.

Immunology

A man in a blue shirt holds a pinkish paper cut out of a pair of lungs.
Genetic Engineering Hides Donor Organs from Host Immune System
Hannah Thomasy, PhD | Sep 30, 2024 | 5 min read
Antigen knockdown prevented organ rejection in minipigs, even in the absence of immunosuppression.
Blue immune cells with yellow spheres of protein surrounding them and landing on them.
Innate Immune Cells Develop Memory with a T Cell Marker
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Sep 30, 2024 | 4 min read
Human innate immune cells that “remember” previous stimulation could provide new insights into chronic inflammatory diseases.
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Understanding the Role of Autophagy in Infectious Disease
The Scientist | Sep 25, 2024 | 1 min read
Josephine Thinwa shares her journey to becoming a physician scientist and how this led her to investigate the role of a neurologically important kinase in virus-induced autophagy.
Image of the small intestines and colon within a person with three circular callouts, highlighting different microbes. 
Unlocking the Human Microbiome Mysteries: From Cancer to COVID-19
Laura Tran, PhD | Sep 24, 2024 | 4 min read
The microbiome is a dynamic environment that can give researchers the inside scoop on health and disease.
An illustration of a single cancer cell (in seafoam green) with four white blood cells (in green) attached to it.
The Circadian Clock Tells the Right Time for Immunotherapy
Sahana Sitaraman, PhD | Sep 23, 2024 | 4 min read
Administering immunotherapy when the tumor microenvironment is most susceptible to T cells enhances treatment efficacy in mice.
Image of Lasker laureate Zhijian “James” Chen. He wears glasses and a light blue shirt under a dark blue sweater. He smiles at the camera.
DNA-Sensing Enzyme Wins the 2024 Lasker Award
Laura Tran, PhD | Sep 19, 2024 | 7 min read
Zhijian “James” Chen received this year’s Albert Lasker Award for discovering cGAS, an enzyme which scopes out DNA-based threats and alerts the immune system.
Two hands holding tweezers and dissecting single points in a DNA sequence.
From CRISPR to Prime Editing: The Evolution of the Genome Editing Revolution
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 17, 2024 | 5 min read
Even as CRISPR-based tools become a lab staple, scientists strive to tackle the associated technological challenges to improve their efficacy and safety.   
3D illustration of a cell with a teal nucleus.
In Search of FACS: The History of Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Sep 13, 2024 | 10+ min read
In the middle of the 20th century, science disciplines collided and set the stage for a technology that changed cell research.
Discover How Immunoassays Deliver Protein Biomarker Research Solutions
Protein Biomarker Research Solutions
The Scientist Creative Services Team in collaboration with MilliporeSigma | Sep 9, 2024 | 1 min read
Immunoassays help researchers across a range of applications from screening to targeted analysis.
A wound that is covered with a band-aid.
Why Pain During Wound Healing May be a Good Sign
Sneha Khedkar | Sep 5, 2024 | 4 min read
Sensory neurons grow into injured tissues and modulate the immune system to promote healing.
A syringe inserted into a vial of vaccine.
Engineered Yeast Brew a Vaccine Adjuvant 
Sahana Sitaraman, PhD | Sep 3, 2024 | 3 min read
Ever since its discovery in the 1900s, the production of a potent vaccine adjuvant relied on the Chilean soapbark tree. Now, yeast can make the molecule.
Cartoon of a young girl sitting at a table looking at a collection of cartoon viruses.
Crafting Science Stories for Young Audiences
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 2, 2024 | 7 min read
Finding a narrative that resonates with the audience and serving it in their preferred format helps make science engaging, relatable, and fun.
Improving T Cell Tumor-Specificity Using Single Cell Co-culture
Improving T Cell Tumor-Specificity Using Single Cell Co-culture
The Scientist Staff | Aug 28, 2024 | 1 min read
In this webinar, Edward Han, Jospeh Zenga, and Tyce Kearl will discuss how optofluidic technologies unlock key immuno-oncology insights for translational applications.
On the left is a brain in blue connect by blue electricity-like lines to a heart in red on the right side of the image.
Can the Brain Help Heal a Broken Heart?
Hannah Thomasy, PhD | Aug 28, 2024 | 6 min read
Stimulation of neural reward pathways may help mice recover from heart attacks.
An illustration of a B cell secreting autoantibodies.
Autoimmune Diseases: An Alternative Application for Immunotherapy
The Scientist | Aug 23, 2024 | 1 min read
Learn how immunotherapy is revolutionizing autoimmune disorder treatment.
3D rendering of a transparent human torso to show the lungs and bronchiole structures in them.
Prenatal Inflammation Makes Mice Susceptible to Asthma
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Aug 20, 2024 | 4 min read
Maternal immune responses during mice gestation led to a hyperactive population of innate-like immune cells in offspring that contributed to altered lung composition and function.
A woman and a child sitting on a couch blowing their noses. 
A Better Mucus Model
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Aug 20, 2024 | 4 min read
A more realistic model of the mucus layer that lines the lungs and gut could provide important insights into the function of this critical defensive barrier.
Image shows the mosquito Aedes aegypti on top of human skin.
A Mosquito Protein Facilitates Zika Infection
Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, PhD | Aug 14, 2024 | 3 min read
A salivary protein in mosquitos can suppress host immune activity and aid viral transmission.
Discover How Scientists Use Spectral Flow Cytometry to Design Larger and More Flexible Panels
Unmixing the Fundamentals of Spectral Flow Cytometry
BD Biosciences | Aug 7, 2024 | 1 min read
Spectral flow cytometry collects the full emission spectrum of a fluorochrome, enabling multicolor panels with more parameters than conventional flow cytometry.
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