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Susumu Tonegawa (1939–2026): A molecular biologist who transformed immunology and neuroscience

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 44, November 2026. Susumu Tonegawa transformed two fields of biology. His discovery of the genetic mechanism generating antibody diversity established the foundations of modern immunology and earned him the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Remarkably, he then ...

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Podcast: The Entanglements Series Finale

Welcome to the last installment of Entanglements, at least for the foreseeable future. In this final episode, hosts Brooke Borel and Anna Rothschild are joined by Undark editor-in-chief Tom Zeller Jr.

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