Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind Covid(nature.com)

21 points by rntn 1 year ago | 15 comments

'Mini liver' will grow in person's own lymph node in bold new trial(nature.com)

177 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 40 comments

New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria found in technician's garden(nature.com)

401 points by ascorbic 1 year ago | 280 comments

Nature news article about a new antibiotic molecule, found in soil from a technician's garden, that kills drug-resistant bacteria via a novel mechanism.

Syphilis microbe's family has plagued humans for millennia(nature.com)

44 points by Hooke 2 years ago | 23 comments

Malaria vaccine delivered by a mosquito bite(nature.com)

97 points by gmays 1 year ago | 162 comments

'Biocomputer' combines lab-grown brain tissue with electronic hardware(nature.com)

98 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 86 comments

Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine works better than thought(freethink.com)

324 points by nateb2022 2 years ago | 162 comments

Freethink article reporting that Moderna's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine significantly boosts a standard melanoma treatment's effectiveness.

New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study(lji.org)

615 points by codebyaditya 3 months ago | 262 comments

La Jolla Institute for Immunology news release on a new HIV vaccine approach that produced high levels of HIV-neutralizing antibodies in non-human primates.

Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won't Let Go of It(nytimes.com)

83 points by gumby 27 days ago | 31 comments

A New York Times science article about the molluscum contagiosum virus that acquired a human gene; the capture shows a bot-block page instead.

Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads(nature.com)

331 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 196 comments

Nature news article from February 2025 about an inexpensive blood test that can detect pancreatic cancer before it spreads to other parts of the body.

We need scientific dissidents(chronicle.com)

355 points by Georgelemental 3 years ago | 848 comments

Chronicle of Higher Education opinion essay arguing that the early artificial consensus on Covid's origins shows the need for scientific dissidents.

Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears(nature.com)

355 points by mdhb 1 year ago | 243 comments

Nature news article reporting that scientific conferences are relocating or pausing US meetings because foreign researchers fear border and travel problems.