Editorial: Our Aching Brains

By Bob Grant

COVID-19 has killed more than 4 million people around the globe and has sickened many millions more. The neurological toll on those of us continuing to live through the pandemic may stretch years or decades into the uncertain future.

Blind Mole Rats Use Junk DNA to Combat Cancer

By Ruth Williams

Activation of retrotransposons in the animals’ cancerous cells sets off an innate immune response that triggers cell death.

Gene Variant Points to Starvation’s Evolutionary Legacy

By Sophie Fessl

Ancient and modern genomes reveal that a variant of the human growth hormone receptor likely helped our ancestors survive when food was scarce.

Mechanisms of Long COVID Remain Unknown but Data Are Rolling In

By Sruthi S. Balakrishnan

A year and a half into the pandemic, the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection are garnering more research attention as millions of long COVID patients emerge.

Q&A: The Transgenerational Effects of Indigenous Residential Schools

Genes for Alcohol Use Disorder and Alzheimer’s Risk Overlap: Study

Infographic: The Havoc SARS-CoV-2 Wreaks on the Body

Technique Talk: Live-Cell Imaging Strategies to Quantify Phagocytosis

By The Scientist Creative Services Team

In this Technique Talk, Jasmine Trigg will introduce new strategies to combine pHrodo® reagents with Incucyte® Live-Cell Analysis Systems to monitor and quantify phagocytic events in real time.

The Multimode Plate Reader in the Spotlight

By The Scientist Creative Services Team

Download this poster from Tecan to learn how multimodal plate readers work, as well as the key factors and novel features driving their technical potential.

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