Biology & Life Sciences

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PC Magazine November 29, 2006	Brain Chip University of Washington researchers have demonstrated an implantable device in live animals that can record signals from one part of the brain and send the impulses to a different part of the brain.
Smithsonian December 2006 Eric Jaffe	Mirror Image By exposing elephants to mirrors, scientists have spotted a hidden side of the giant creatures: the ability to recognize themselves.
Chemistry World December 1, 2006 Victoria Gill	Organophosphate Study Reprieved A landmark study into the human health effects of organophosphate chemicals used in sheep dip will resume, according to the UK's Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.
Popular Mechanics December 1, 2006 Ben Harder	Fighting HIV by Building a New Killer In the fight to find a cure for AIDS, researchers have invented a viral double agent on a mission to seek out where HIV hides.
Chemistry World November 30, 2006 Jessica Ebert	Morning After Pill Might Prevent Breast Cancer The active ingredient of the morning-after pill -- mifepristone, or RU-486 -- prevents the formation of mammary-cell tumours in mice with a mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA1, report scientists.
Chemistry World December 2006 Dennis Rouvray	Fat of the Land As we become progressively more rotund, our body chemistry undergoes critical changes that have a major impact on our health.
Chemistry World December 2006 Derek Lowe	Opinion: In the Pipeline A look at the story behind the growing investment by western companies in medicinal chemistry research in China.
Chemistry World November 29, 2006 Lionel Milgrom	Pterins, Sex and the Single Butterfly Researchers have characterised the molecular composition and optical properties of pigmented nanoscopic granules found in the tiny wing scales of the pierid butterfly, Pontia protodice.
Chemistry World November 28, 2006 Michael Gross	Synthesis Success After 30 Years Chemists at Harvard have succeeded in synthesizing the antibiotic moenomycin A from scratch. They hope that by providing easier access to this molecule and its variants, they might aid the development of new antibiotics based on its structure.
Chemistry World November 27, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Home-Baked Plants Solve Petrol Mystery Scientists have baked up their own artificial leaf fossils to answer a long-standing puzzle concerning the chemical formation of kerogen, a precursor to fossil fuels.
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