Elie Dolgin, PHD, Science Journalist

Getting on cancer's nerves: A surprising way to thwart tumours

Elie Dolgin • October 18, 2017

A technique for alleviating pain has exposed cancer's weak spot and may finally enable us to stop the disease by disabling the nerves that help it spread

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Mouse brain tissue imaged using expansion microscopy.
By Elie Dolgin January 13, 2025
How a tissue-swelling method brought super-resolution imaging to the masses.
Cartoon of cars and a bicycle moving through a tunnel inside a cell
By Elie Dolgin November 27, 2024
In response to cellular stress, proteins become ensnared in chemical traffic jams, creating a kind of widespread sluggishness scientists call “proteolethargy.”
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