Ewen Callaway
Ewen Callaway is a senior reporter at Nature magazine, where he has published articles on a range of scientific topics including epidemiology, archaeology, anthropology, public health, and AI.
Biography
Callaway's articles have covered a diverse range of scientific topics, including:
- The use of AI in discovering new medicines, such as possible psychedelics and protein structures.
- The impact of COVID-19 and its variants, such as Omicron, on vaccine protection and the pandemic's evolution.
- The controversy surrounding a study that involved modifying the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the resulting call for better guidance from funders.
- The discovery of the first known Neandertal family in a Siberian cave, using ancient DNA to provide insights into their lives and social structures.
- The evolution of humans' ability to digest milk, and how it relates to lactose tolerance.
- The role of genetics in the varying sizes of dog breeds.
- The use of human challenge trials in developing a coronavirus vaccine, and the resulting ethical questions.
- The implications of Russia's fast-tracked coronavirus vaccine, including safety concerns due to a lack of large-scale trials.
Callaway has also contributed to other publications, including the British Journal of Cancer, Biochemical Genetics, New Scientist, Scientific American, The Hindu, Science News, and Rhapsody Newsletter.
Selected Bibliography
- Callaway, E. (2023). AI Program Finds Thousands of Possible Psychedelics. Will They Lead to New Drugs? Nature.
- Callaway, E. (2023). AI Tool Pinpoints Genetic Mutations That Cause Disease. Nature.
- Callaway, E. (2022). Which COVID Studies Pose a Biohazard? Nature.
- Callaway, E. (2022). Chronic Covid: The Evolving Story. Nature.
- Callaway, E. (2022). From Great Dane to Tiny Terrier, a Mutation Creates Enormous Variation in Dog Sizes. Nature.
- Callaway, E. (2021). Omicron Is Likely to Weaken COVID Vaccine Protection—but Boosters Could Restore It. Nature.
- Callaway, E. (2020). DeepMind’s AI Makes Gigantic Leap in Solving Protein Structures. Nature.
- Callaway, E. (2020). Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Have Delivered Their First Results—but Their Promise Is Still Unclear. Nature.
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