Electron micrograph of the HIV pathogen Scott Camazine / Alamy Stock Photo Generating effective protection against HIV may require a complex vaccine consisting of a series of different viral proteins. Now, two trials of the potential components delivered via mRNA have produced promising results. The hope is mRNA technology will make it possible to deliver … Read more
Alirio, a coffee farmer and participant in the Medellín Alzheimer’s drug trials Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images Valley of ForgettingJennie Erin Smith (Riverhead Books) After working in health journalism for over 10 years, I have covered countless drug trials – some runaway successes, others out-and-out failures, and everything in between. But I am ashamed … Read more
There were two rooms at the Pelicot mass-rape trial in Avignon: the courtroom for the press, and a live-feed room for the public. From the day it began, in early September, women lined up outside the courthouse before 7 A.M. in order to secure one of sixty seats in the latter, the retransmission room. Two … Read more
