Kamal Nahas

Kamal Nahas

Live Science Contributor

Kamal Nahas is a freelance contributor based in Oxford, U.K. His work has appeared in New Scientist, Science and The Scientist, among other outlets, and he mainly covers research on evolution, health and technology. He holds a PhD in pathology from the University of Cambridge and a master's degree in immunology from the University of Oxford. He currently works as a microscopist at the Diamond Light Source, the U.K.'s synchrotron. When he's not writing, you can find him hunting for fossils on the Jurassic Coast.

Articles by: Kamal Nahas

illustration of single-cell parasites floating through the bloodstream alongside blood cells

'Mind-control' parasite Toxoplasma hides from the immune system with 2 key genes

By Kamal Nahas published

A single-cell parasite relies on two genes that boost each other's activity to switch into "defense mode" when attacked by the immune system.

illustration shows the gene-editing tool CRISPR depicted as a large claw-shaped protein complex. CRISPR is snipping into a long DNA molecule

CRISPR-edited fat shrank tumors in mice. Someday, it could work in people, scientists say.

By Kamal Nahas published

Genetically modified fat can be transplanted into mice to shrink mouse and transplanted human tumors, but this novel cancer therapy still needs to be tested in human trials.

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