On June 21st, 2016, the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) authorized the very first human clinical trial involving CRISPR gene editing. Led by scientists from the University of...
As any immunologist knows, antibodies are a critical reagent used by many researchers on a daily basis, from scientists in academia and industry to hospitals and diagnostic labs. A wide...
Imagine one day, an all-powerful genie appeared before your eyes with the ability to grant you three wishes. Think for a minute or two about what you would wish for...
[caption id="attachment_1639" align="aligncenter" width="5616"] Dr. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto[/caption] It used to be that getting your experiments done, with most of the proper controls...
[caption id="attachment_2572" align="aligncenter" width="2800"] Co-Editors-in-Chief Angela Zhou (left) and Kieran Manion (right). Photo credit: Charles Tran.[/caption] "NO SCIENCE IS IMMUNE TO THE INFECTION OF POLITICS AND THE CORRUPTION OF POWER."...
Science is not a subject. It is a methodology by which we tackle the problems of the world. Like any methodology, one must learn by actively engaging. Every scientist has at...
In the modern framework of immunology, immune receptors are typically classified as either adaptive or innate, the key difference between the two being that innate immune receptors are germline encoded and...
As scientists, we love to answer questions. It’s part and parcel of the job description. Conveniently, nature offers up plenty of complex questions, just waiting for us to validate, demonstrate,...
Do you find the long postdoctoral training daunting? Maybe you are still intrigued by science but now hope to do the type of research that immediately impacts patients’ well-being? Or...
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