Issue #13

Abstract. tRNA modifications are central to bacterial translational control. Here, we integrated genetics, mass spectrometry, epitranscriptomics and compar

“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.

More than a half dozen Democrats said Donald Trump disinviting two of their colleagues is the latest example of administration's 'chaos and division.'

Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and their modifications are central to bacterial translation and physiology, yet their roles in stress adaptation remain underexplored. While extensively studied in eukaryotes, a...

Injecting partisan politics into American basic science would be terrible for the US: for the economy, and for development of future treatments for diseases like schizophrenia and Alzheimer's.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation as soon as Friday that would move to extensively overhaul the H-1B visa program, requiring a $100,000 fee for applications in a bid to curb ov...

Francis Collins, MD, PhD, lauds lifesaving research supported by the National Institutes of Health, explains why he left, and warns of scientific brain drain.

WASHINGTON—American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson, AFT President Randi Weingarten, and AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram and issued the following statements in respo...

ASM and fellow societies filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, calling for the swift restoration of NIH grant funding supporting early-career scientists, such as the MOSAIC program.

ASM calls on the Trump Administration to put science ahead of politics and immediately end its plan to force scientific grants to be reviewed by political appointees.

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Unlocking how our bodies absorb a micronutrient that we rely on for everything from healthy brain function to cancer defense.

But it’s here, and will destroy American science

an AI researcher going back to school for immunology

This is a great piece, summarizing amazing deep fact checking by Valerie De Crecy, a must read for anyone in AI or genomics. Especially pertinent against the backdrop of the administration terminating...

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

The first on-demand CRISPR therapy for an infant with a rare metabolic disease developed by the IGI and collaborators around the world.

In early March, I warned of authoritarian like attacks on science and universities. Six weeks later and the Trump administration has gone even further than feared.

DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges.

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.

Drug Discovery and Development covers strategies and technologies related to pharmaceutical research and development and drug formulation.

Every now and again a piece of rhetoric perfectly encapsulates the time. The Gettysburg address was one such work. Legend has it that Abraham Lincoln hastily scribbed out the framework of the speech o...