Reporting on the twists and turns of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has become nearly as ubiquitous as the weather forecast. The…
Category: CDI Experts
The CDI Experts: Nagajyothi Hunts Disease Clues in Fat
Fat is basically a dirty word in the modern era. But when it comes to biological reality, it is a…
The CDI Experts: Thomas Dick Battles Bacteria, Wanders World
The doctoral student had hedged his bets. Using genetics he made a conceptual prediction based on mutations in Staphylococcus aureus,…
The CDI Experts: Carter Brings Chemistry Expertise to Disease
Mass spectrometry is a technique used to assess the tiniest particles known. It was mostly a chemist’s tool for its…
The CDI Experts: Renowned Scientist Korngold, at Retirement, Looks Back Over Decades of Breakthroughs
For many, a working life is a series of jobs. For others, there is a vocation – a particular calling…
The CDI Experts: Zakrzewski and Beating Back Blood Cancers
Empowering the immune system to combat cancer, including the use of immunotherapies and cellular therapies, is one of the great…
The CDI Experts: Butler and His Lab Investigate Blood Aging, Cancer
Blood is made of cells that sustain life, and virtually all biological processes. But as the blood cells start to…
The CDI Experts: Xue and a Critical Pathway
Hai-Hui “Howard” Xue is an immunologist studying the incredibly complex symphony of T cells in the immune system. One molecule…
The CDI Experts: Gengenbacher and the Fight Against Global Killer TB
COVID-19 has killed 2 million people worldwide over the last year, according to estimates. But year after year in the…
The CDI Experts: Kurepina, TB, and an Eye for Detail
Tuberculosis (TB) has been with humanity for tens of thousands of years. Along the way, it’s killed hundreds of millions…