Vaccines
Listening to Bacteria
By studying microbial communications, Bonnie Bassler has come up with new ways to treat disease
August 2010 |
By Natalie Angier
Henrietta Lacks’ ‘Immortal’ Cells
Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book investigates how a poor black tobacco farmer had a groundbreaking impact on modern medicine
January 22, 2010 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Flu Fighter
With a possible pandemic in our future, immunologist John Wherry is racing to develop a once-a-lifetime vaccine
October 2007 |
By Arthur Allen
The Nic Fix
Put down your lighters and pick up your health care cards, nicotine vaccines are in the works
April 01, 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
35 Who Made a Difference: D. A. Henderson
Eradicating one of history's deadliest diseases was just the beginning
November 01, 2005 |
By Robin Marantz Henig
Conquering Polio
Fifty years ago, a scientific panel declared Jonas Salk's polio vaccine a smashing success. A new book takes readers behind the headlines
April 2005 |
By Jeffrey Kluger
Stopping a Scourge
No one knows if SARS will strike again. But researchers' speedy work halting the epidemic makes a compelling case study of how to combat a deadly virus
September 2003 |
By David Brown
On the Trail of the West Nile Virus
Some scientists race to develop vaccines against the scourge while others probe the possible lingering effects of the mosquito-borne infection.
July 2003 |
By Stephen S. Hall
Mission Impossible?
An international campaign to rid the world of polio has made dazzling progress. But some experts question whether the scourge can ever be eradicated
February 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
