Anna Jones, PhD

It’s easier to find a needle in a haystack when you take away the hay – read how this research team is reducing gene sequencing errors.

Read how ancestry plays a role in determining your risk for cancer. In the case of Hispanic children, researchers found an increased risk of leukemia.

Read about the work from a goal – to a treatment – to a cure – and one scientist’s legacy.

Two pediatric melanoma cases diagnosed a year apart reveal a new genetic driver of the disease. Read more about this spitzoid melanoma work.

Immunologists turn to Jeremy Crawford, PhD, when planning complex experiments or re-analyzing collected data. Learn about his bioinformatics career.

Read how this molecule rips the “skin” of the cell to kill it, and how research is learning how this power is unleased.

The HPV vaccine can prevent more than 31,000 cancer cases a year. After losing a friend to cancer, I made sure her children were protected from the virus.

Using these five tips in communicating science will lead to positive feelings, more awareness and credibility.

Are you sure? Understanding the possible traps and dangers with gene editing.

Read how this rapidly evolving area of science seeks to change the way we look at the world.