'Epigenetic' editing banishes hepatitis B virus(nature.com)

12 points by sbulaev 1 month ago | 0 comments

Nature news article on an epigenetic editing technique that uses chemical tags to silence hepatitis B viral DNA hidden in the host genome.

Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope(nature.com)

219 points by rntn 1 year ago | 209 comments

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real(nature.com)

68 points by latexr 6 months ago | 53 comments

Japan's push to make all research open access(nature.com)

612 points by sohkamyung 2 years ago | 92 comments

Nature news article on Japan allocating 10 billion yen to institutional repositories to make the nation's publicly funded research free to read.

Fewer students are enrolling in doctoral degrees(nature.com)

215 points by rntn 1 year ago | 393 comments

A mental health crisis in science(nature.com)

149 points by rntn 3 years ago | 138 comments