Perspectives
All Perspectives
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Science in the Balance July 2025
“Revolutionary Science Comes from Unexpected Angles”
Tom Rapoport unlocks the secrets of protein travel
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Science in the Balance July 2025
“The Next Generation of Trainees Will Not Have the Same Opportunities”
Ally Questell aspires to become a doctor who advances patient care through research
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Science in the Balance July 2025
“This Will Have a Negative Effect on the Entire Drug-Development Enterprise”
Bruce Bean works to identify new treatment approaches for pain and epilepsy
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Science in the Balance July 2025
“I Am Determined to Carry On This Vital Work”
David Knipe studies how to prevent, combat, and make use of a virus that infects most people in the world
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Science in the Balance July 2025
“These People Are Among the Best and the Brightest”
Rachel Wilson studies how the brain controls behavior
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Science in the Balance July 2025
“I Think the Entire Future of the United States Is at Stake”
Stephen Liberles works to unravel the mystery of the brain-body connection
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Science in the Balance June 2025
“Colorectal Cancer Is an Increasing Public Health Problem”
Kamila Naxerova studies cancer genetics
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Science in the Balance June 2025
“My Research Into This Devastating Disease Is Now Threatened”
Sandeep Robert Datta studies Alzheimer’s disease
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Science in the Balance June 2025
“I Never Imagined I Could Be a Scientist”
Suzanne Walker studies how to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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Science in the Balance June 2025
“People in My Lab Are Scared”
Bernardo Sabatini studies the neurobiology of decision-making and its implications for neuropsychiatric disorders
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Science in the Balance June 2025
“Even a Short Disruption Sets Us Back Years”
Michael Baym studies antibiotic resistance
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Science in the Balance June 2025
“Enormous Potential to Save Veterans’ Lives”
Ronald Kessler studies suicide risk among veterans
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Spring 2025 May 2025
Who Will Care for Cancer Survivors?
A growing number of patients living with and after cancer are shuffled between oncology and primary care. Can survivorship be transformed for both patients and physicians?
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Spring 2025 May 2025
What Will It Take to Translate AI Research into Clinical Advances?
How to get from benchmarks to bedside
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Winter 2025 February 2025
Finding Empathy While Fighting Misinformation
A physician unexpectedly becomes a spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccination
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Winter 2025 February 2025
The Fragility of Trust in Medicine
A physician struggles to build a strong relationship with a troubled teenage patient and her mother
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Winter 2025 December 2024
Reflecting on Gender and Success in Academic Medicine
Inspired by their twenty-fifth reunion, two members of the Class of 1999 examine where they and their classmates are now
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Autumn 2024 October 2024
Can AI Make Medicine More Human?
The history of tools used to support clinical decision-making offers clues to the future of medicine in the age of generative AI
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