Career Path for Kerry Geiler-Samerotte
Fast Facts:
a type of molecule found in the cells of living things, made up of special building blocks called amino acids.
Making vaccines
Once scientists choose a type of vaccine to build, they need to decide how to produce the vaccine. Just like any product, the vaccine needs to be assembled in a particular way and made in sufficient quantities so that it can be delivered to the millions of people who need vaccines. The production of vaccines is usually done in a living organism or a group of cells. Because cells contain the cell parts needed to read the DNA instructions and create proteins, they are perfect “factories” to create vaccines.
Keys to the Coronavirus
Ioulia Bespalova
Coronaviruses can cause the common cold, or worse infections, like COVID-19. Brenda Hogue studies how these viruses replicate and infect, and uses this information to try to make vaccines and other medicines.
Monster Dinners
Two baby cottontail rabbits are nestled in the shade of a brittle bush. They stay perfectly still, hoping they won’t be noticed. But a Gila monster has already picked up their scent. The Gila slowly works her way toward the hiding spot of the rabbits. As she moves, she flicks her tongue every few steps, and her tail is raised behind her, parallel with the ground.
Pooja Kadaba Ranganath
Rosario A Marroquin-Flores
You decide that you want to plan a party for you and all of your friends. You have the food, the games, and decorations all planned out. All that’s left is to invite everyone to come over. But how are you going to tell all of your friends?
CRISPR: One Tool, Many Uses
Cutting DNA with CRISPR
Christian H. Ross
What is gene editing? And how does the one of the most-used gene editing tools, called CRISPR, work?
Also in: Español
Building at a Nanoscale
Tyler Rockwood
Nicholas Stephanopoulos works with tiny structures so small you can only see them by using powerful microscopes. Some might say he's a builder, but he actually gets the molecules to do the building themselves.