In this issue, meet Lasker Laureate Howard Temin, who illuminated the biology of RNA-containing cancer viruses and the mode of action of viral genes. And listen to immunologist Diane Mathis discuss collaboration in research and why knowledge forms the foundation of creativity.

The Backward Enzyme

Meet Lasker Laureate Howard Temin, whose discovery of reverse transcriptase toppled a central tenet of molecular biology and transformed how researchers think about viruses.

We Ask a Scientist: Diane Mathis

Listen to the latest episode of our podcast featuring Diane Mathis, who discusses why all biologists will need to be immunologists.