August 24, 2018

Immunotherapy Benefits NIH Scientist/Author
By Eric Bock
One morning in January 2015, Dr. Barbara Lipska sat down at her desk and went to turn on her computer. Her hand disappeared. She couldn’t see anything in her right visual field. The terrifying experience was like a freaky magic trick.

Tree Population Grows on Campus
By Carla Garnett
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it…Brandon Hartz will surely replace it in due time.
Intern from Puerto Rico Receives Governor’s Medal
By Dana Talesnik
Yashira Ortega-Sustache was planning to apply for an NIH internship when Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico last September.
Krebs Shares Vision for Improving Pain Management
By Ellen O’Donnell and Robert Pines
When faced with chronic pain, many patients and health care providers may not know about treatment possibilities beyond the standard drugs, or the evidence on them.

Closeup of an anemone

On the Cover

Campus beauty. In the courtyard of the Clinical Research Center, an anemone gets its closeup.

Brandon Hartz — ORF/OD