Elie Dolgin, PHD, Science Journalist

Recent Work

Zebra wearing video camera-equipped collar
By Elie Dolgin February 13, 2025
Zebras and giraffes offer one another protection without food competition.
By Elie Dolgin February 12, 2025
Next-generation obesity drugs will work differently from Ozempic and Wegovy — aiming to deliver greater weight loss with fewer side effects.
ProtGPS predicts the localization of proteins (green dots), both in their normal and disease-causing
By Elie Dolgin February 10, 2025
A new tool predicts where proteins fit, opening new frontiers in drug discovery.
Hand holding two blue pills
By Elie Dolgin January 30, 2025
The FDA’s nod for suzetrigine bolsters confidence in the pharmaceutical industry’s strategy to target sodium channels.
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.”
Heart cockle
By Elie Dolgin November 19, 2024
The first example of fiber optics in nature could light the way for internet innovation.
Woman's face with visor-style sunglasses shining light into her blue eyes.
By Elie Dolgin October 2, 2024
Pulses of light and sound seem to have beneficial effects. But some argue it is too soon to market experimental devices.
Image of brain inside a head
By Elie Dolgin September 26, 2024
The medication is the first in decades to have a different mode of action than do current drugs, achieving better symptom relief with fewer side effects.
A participant holds his hand in a bucket of ice while Yingzi Lin monitors his pain response.
By Elie Dolgin September 25, 2024
Pain is defined subjectively, but an objective measure of the experience promises to transform its management.
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