How much protein should we really be eating? Five things to know
Potato chips. Pastries. Bottled water. If you’ve been to a grocery store recently, you’ve probably noticed that even…
Alice Whittemore, mathematician who developed models for cancer risk, dies at 89
Mary Beth Terry, PhD, a professor of epidemiology and environmental sciences at Columbia University, is a leader of…
Smartphones can monitor patients with neuromuscular diseases
For a more detailed view, patients need to visit a motion analysis lab, where hourslong biomechanical assessments require…
Scientists identify cells by seeing how high they levitate
Although the magnetic levitation system described in the 2015 paper allowed researchers to visually distinguish different types of…
Immune cell ‘signatures’ could help guide treatment for critically ill patients
However, if a patient’s immune system is out of balance, these treatments can backfire. Sepsis, for instance, can…
Scientist, advocate and entrepreneur Lucy Shapiro to receive Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award
An influential career It’s not an exaggeration to say that Shapiro’s extraordinary powers of persuasion also altered the…