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A grayscale tomography image of snake tissue

Snakes Have Clitorises After All, Study Finds

Natalia Mesa, PhD | Dec 13, 2022 | 4 min read

Researchers visualize the snake clitoris in detail for the first time, finding evidence that the organ may be evolutionarily important for snake sex.

a yellow-ish fish skull is held up by metal prongs, with a rack of other museum collection items in the background

Fossilized Fish Teeth Could Be Earliest Evidence of Cooking

Katherine Irving | Nov 14, 2022 | 2 min read

Study authors say the teeth, dated around 780,000 years old, push back the date humans are known to have engaged in cooking by more than 600,000 years.

Histological slide showing cancerous prostate tissue

2D Genetic Map of Prostate Cells Charts Cancer Growth

Holly Barker, PhD | Aug 23, 2022 | 4 min read

An in situ map of copy number variations in prostate tissue reveals that purportedly cancerous genomic changes frequently occur in the healthy tissue surrounding tumors.

Discover how glycosylation affects health and disease

Exploring the World of Glycobiology

The Scientist and Vector Laboratories | Mar 23, 2022 | 1 min read

Researchers study sugar modifications to understand health and disease.

Visualize spatial gene and protein expression patterns in intact brain tissue

Molecular Mapping of the Brain Using Spatial Transcriptomics

10x Genomics | Feb 22, 2022 | 1 min read

Spatial representation of gene expression patterns characterizes brain cell types in tissue samples.

Stem Cells in Human Teeth Follow the Rules of Their Environment

Roni Dengler, PhD | Feb 7, 2022 | 2 min read

How stem cells in human teeth respond to different environmental conditions offers clues for regenerative medicine.

How Laboratory Testing Supports Clinical Trials

Canopy Biosciences | Jul 23, 2021 | 1 min read

Explore the importance of histology and biomarker evaluation for oncology clinical trials.

Technique Talk: The Basics of Immunohistochemistry

The Scientist | Jul 6, 2021 | 1 min read

Learn about the fundamentals of immunohistochemistry in this workshop for better protocol development and troubleshooting.

Making IHC as Simple as ABC

The Scientist | Apr 1, 2021 | 1 min read

A guide for optimizing immunohistochemistry protocols

Technique Talk: Improving IHC and IF Staining Results

The Scientist Creative Services Team in collaboration with Vector Laboratories | Feb 18, 2021 | 1 min read

In this workshop, Craig Pow will explore optimizing IHC and IF staining workflows.

Whole-Slide Imaging and Beyond: A New Open Platform for Scanning and Bioimaging

The Scientist | Oct 6, 2020 | 1 min read

In this webinar brought to you by MMI, learn how scientists use CellScan for a variety of lab applications, such as routine photo-documentation, whole-slide scanning, fluorescence imaging, time-resolved live-cell imaging, and combinations of these techniques.

TrueVIEW™ Autofluorescence Quenching Kit – See True Signal

The Scientist | Oct 15, 2019 | 1 min read

Improve signal-to-noise ratio with the Vector® TrueVIEW™ Autofluorescence Quenching Kit

artificial intelligence feature the scientist

AI Uses Images and Omics to Decode Cancer

Amber Dance | May 1, 2019 | 10 min read

Machine learning can analyze photographs of cancer, tumor pathology slides, and genomes. Now, scientists are poised to integrate that information into cancer uber-models.

Abundant Neurogenesis Found in Adult Humans’ Hippocampi

Ashley Yeager | Apr 5, 2018 | 4 min read

Researchers identified thousands of immature neurons in the brain region, countering a recent result showing little, if any, signs of neurogenesis.

Next Generation: See-through Mice

Ruth Williams | Jul 31, 2014 | 3 min read

An improved tissue-clearing technique makes whole animals transparent.

Side-Chain Theory, circa 1900

Edyta Zielinska | Jul 1, 2013 | 3 min read

Paul Ehrlich came up with an explanation for cellular interactions based on receptors, earning a Nobel Prize and the title "Father of Modern Immunology"—only to have his theory forgotten.