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Pardis Sabeti, the Rollerblading Rock Star Scientist of Harvard
The recipient of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for natural sciences blazed a new view of how to treat infectious diseases via genetics
December 2012 |
By Seth Mnookin
Scientists Find a New Way to Exploit and Attack Malaria
The stealthy parasite kills one million people a year; there may be a drug that can stop its deadly damage
September 2012 |
By Elizabeth Finkel
The Fatal Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs
In Southeast Asia, forensic investigators using cutting-edge tools are helping stanch the deadly trade in fake anti-malaria drugs
October 2009 |
By Andrew Marshall
Point. Shoot. See
In Zambia, an NYC photographer teaches kids orphaned by AIDS how to take pictures. They teach him about living
November 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
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
