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The researchers on the 2020 list rank in the top 1 percent of citations in their field over the prior decade, as measured by Web of Science, world’s largest publisher-neutral citation index.

Scientists developed an approach that successfully generates antibodies against numerous strains of the fast-evolving human immunodeficiency virus.

In their quest to understand how the immune system is implicated in alcohol use disorder, Scripps Research scientists have found a potential path for treatment. 

With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, scientists at Scripps Research and UC San Diego are sequencing the virus to help guide local outbreak response.

A compound designed at Scripps Research works in early tests against myotonic dystrophy 1 and Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy, which together affect millions of people.

Sensor data from wearable devices can complement virus testing and conventional screening to signal new infections.

Scientists have uncovered a potential new approach for treating eye diseases that affect millions of people around the world. 

The Louise Hanson Marshall Award honors individuals who significantly promoted the professional development of women in neuroscience.

The monoclonal antibody treatment will be tested in clinical trials, with the goal of reaching patients around the world, including in low- and middle-income countries.    

In rodent experiments modeled to mimic real-life circumstances, scientists revealed brain mechanisms that could lead to targeted treatments. 

The technique should help in the design of vaccines against HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses that cloak their outer proteins with sugars to evade antibodies.

Leaders from area’s top biomedical research institutes unite in outlining potentially negative impact of proposal, if implemented, on international scholars and scientific progress.

The technique seeks to fill an unmet need among scientists and doctors who need faster, more precise tools to identify useful tumor-infiltrating immune cells.

Researchers harness information theory to better understand how to make complex and compact molecules resembling those in nature.

In studies involving roundworms, Scripps Research scientists discover a cellular process that may hold implications for treating metabolic diseases.

A gene associated with autism is found to direct the speed at which neurons mature.

A signaling system implicated in liver fibrosis and immune activation is better understood thanks to this creative chemical fishing lure.

Hepatocytes, long known deactivating chemical toxins in the blood, should also be viewed as a significant element of the immune system. 

The discovery marks a key advance in basic neurobiology and may lead to better treatments for bladder control and urination problems.

A new study clarifies how a key chemical engine of life might have arisen from simple organic compounds on early Earth.

A mouse study on the brain’s striatum region reveals an unexpected but important finding.

Assistant Professors Huan Bao, Lisa Racki and Li Ye have been awarded grants through an NIH program that seeks to catalyze scientific discovery by supporting research with transformative potential.   

The therapy is currently being evaluated as a treatment for B-cell malignancies, a class of blood cancers that includes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

A sweeping study of proteins that modulate cell signaling could lead to a better understanding of myriad diseases, and of what makes us all different.