Credit: iStock/Evgenii141 Six years after the revolutionary development of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, 4D cellular physiologist Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, PhD, FAAAS, and her research team took synthetic mRNA technology to the next level. In her recent keynote talk at the 2026 American Physiological Summit in Minneapolis, Lippincott-Schwartz’s group—led by Heejun Choi, PhD—at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s … Continue reading Rainbow mRNAs Help Researchers Discover the Hidden World of Cells
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Spotlight On: SARS-CoV-2
Credit: iStock SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, emerged into the human population late in 2019. COVID-19 is an airway infection much like the common cold. One in six colds are caused by coronaviruses, although these are other types of coronaviruses. Why, then, did COVID-19 become such a devastating pandemic that has led to the … Continue reading Spotlight On: SARS-CoV-2