Understanding Immune Tolerance
The immune system surveys the body by sampling proteins, called antigens, from both the human host and any invaders. So...
Hacking Cells to Prevent Obesity
Your fat is alive. Your fat is alive and it is talking. It is listening. It is reading its DNA...
When the Immune System Attacks
While our immune system functions to protect us from such things as invading microbes, these same defenses can also erroneously...
A Messenger of Pain
This past weekend I sliced my finger while attempting to slice a carrot. The Wusthof cut through the nail on...
Dying to Make Life
As you read these words, hold out your hand. Notice the space between your fingers, the fragments of MacBook you...
Pictures of Living Things
So much of science and medicine comes down to taking pictures. Biology, especially, has long been considered an observational enterprise...