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In this article, Kevin Boyle explores the current therapeutic landscape for COVID-19.

Sophie Prosolek explores why some vaccines last a lifetime, while others do not, for Technology Networks.

Most vaccine development begins with looking at the pathogen. Scientists pinpoint key residues needed for the virus to enter the body and develop vaccines that train the body to recognize signatures of the foreign invader. Kevin O'Neil Saunders, associate professor of surgery and director of research at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute at Duke University develops vaccines after analyzing the body’s immune response to a pathogen.

Understanding the relationship between cancer and the microbes that call our bodies home could transform the way the disease is managed in the future.

Human skin is an ecosystem for billions of microorganisms that colonize each fold, crease and niche from head to toe. In this article, we describe what the skin microbiome is, which microorganisms are part of the skin microbiome and how we’ve come to understand the various relationships between the human skin and its microbial residents through advanced genomics.

Investment in vaccine science and technology development can provide us with the tools to respond to pathogens with pandemic potential. In this opinion article, Ariana Gomes discusses the use of AI for creating universal vaccines.

This article will highlight how new pipetting systems are helping scientists achieve more reliable and reproducible datasets, and discuss how manufacturers are supporting customers to get the most from pipetting systems.

In this article, we look at two different approaches to optimizing immunotherapies.

Avoiding contamination is a serious and continual challenge across all cell culture processes. This article explores a problematic microbiological contaminant, mycoplasma, and examines the tools available to help prevent its establishment and mitigate its impact.

DNA methylation is one of the earliest epigenetic modifications to be discovered in human beings. Here we highlight some of the diseases caused by aberrant DNA methylation.