Science journalist
Elie Dolgin, PhD, is a freelance science journalist who specializes in biomedical research and drug discovery.
Elie Dolgin is a science journalist who splits his time between rural Vermont and urban Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from McGill University and a PhD in evolutionary genetics from the University of Edinburgh. A former news editor at STAT, Nature Medicine and The Scientist, Elie has also written for publications including the New York Times, Newsweek and Science magazine.
His 2021 feature article for Nature, "The tangled history of mRNA vaccines," gained significant recognition and was referenced widely in the scientific literature, in national newspaper stories and by award selection committees.
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As humans return to the Moon, researchers are trying to understand—and thwart—the biological toll of deep-space radiation.
Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back for their mother’s milk even after they can hunt, mate and fend for themselves.
Destroying dysfunctional tissue could reset metabolism.
This neurologist is leading clinical efforts to treat the devastating brain disease.
A closer listen to lion calls may help map where the big cat is under threat.
Scientists remain split on whether rope-pulling ingenuity counts as tool use.
It took nearly 50 years to work out the identity of a caribou-like fossil first discovered by construction workers.
Language model delivers predictions that rival years of lab work.
Preliminary results from a small trial offer the clearest evidence yet that the brain disease’s progression can be slowed.