Letters to Congress

Dr. Atul Butte of Stanford University is at the forefront of the nascent field of translational bioinformatics—a field that seeks to create new diagnostics and therapeutics from genome-era information and

Dr. Martin Chalfie’s discussion highlights his ground-breaking research on green flourescent protein (GFP). He and colleagues revolutionized how scientists study the mechanics of cells by getting a visual fix on

Current global disease control efforts focus largely on attempting to stop pandemics after they have already emerged. This fire brigade approach, which generally involves drugs, vaccines, and behavioral change, has

The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University

Biting insects such as mosquitoes are among the greatest public health scourges on our planet. These small insects transmit deadly diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and West

Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Dr. Nancy Padian, University of California, San Francisco, discusses why, compared to men, women are disproportionately at risk for HIV, and what women can do to reduce their personal risk.