Scientists made a surprising discovery in 1985 while studying the African clawed frog. Along the frog’s DNA, they noticed elongated loops resembling fingers that tightly gripped tiny segments of genes. They soon learned that these “zinc fingers” (so called because they’re bound by a zinc ion) are...
In the fifth of our series honoring women in science, Pfizer researchers share their advice for young women who are launching scientific careers — and for the organizations hoping to hire and keep them. ...
In the fourth of our series honoring women in science, Pfizer researchers share their suggestions for getting more girls interested in STEM careers. ...
In the third of our series honoring women in science, successful women researchers reflect on their career journeys. ...
In the second of our series honoring women in science, Pfizer researchers reveal who they look up to. ...
In the first of our series honoring women in science, Pfizer researchers share tales of mentors who turned them onto science and shaped their ambitions. ...
Sunday, February 11 is the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To celebrate, archived stories about women and their cutting-edge work are taking over Get Science’s homepage. Join us all week for a series of new articles about Pfizer’s women scientists, featuring their...
The rate of deaths from all cancers combined continued its quarter-century-long steady decline in the U.S., according to the latest report by the American Cancer Society, with the death rate dropping 1.7 percent between 2014 and 2015— the latest year for which national statistics were available....
The journey to Mars may still be decades away, but getting there will take more than advanced spacecraft and deeper knowledge of Mars. It will require a new level of understanding about how extended travel through space affects the human body. ...