Nobel-winning research
Nobel for ‘breakthrough in biochemistry’
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper received the chemistry prize for computational protein design and structure prediction.
Nobel honors discovery of microRNAs
Ambros and Ruvkun win prize for medicine or physiology “for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.”
The remaining frontiers in fighting hepatitis C
Charles Rice, whose work was key to finding treatments for this life-threatening virus, discusses the scientific journey and challenges that persist.
FDA approves CRISPR–Cas9 therapy for sickle cell disease
The gene editing treatment from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics is the first of its kind
The perfect storm
The world has 2023 Nobel laureates Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman and others to thank for laying a foundation for the COVID-19 vaccine decades before the pandemic.
A cold day in Stockholm
At the dawn of a new age in neuroscience, the rivalry between Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal reached an icy climax.
A Nobel for biochemistry underlying COVID-19 vaccines
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the 2023 prize for medicine or physiology “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.”
Nobel Prize honors click and bioorthogonal chemistry
Chemical biologist Bertozzi shares prize with chemists Sharpless and Meldal.
Many of us are part Neanderthal. He found it out.
A Nobel for paleogeneticist Svante Pääbo.