Biology & Life Sciences

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The Motley Fool January 3, 2007 Stephen Albainy-Jenei	Attack of the Pod Cows The FDA has endorsed food from cloned animals. While the agency's conclusions don't exactly herald the invasion of the farm-animal snatchers, they do provide an open opportunity for companies that are well-positioned in the industry.
Smithsonian January 2007 Eric Jaffe	The Tattoo Eraser A company formed by a group of scientists aims to re-write tattoo removal history, and to wipe out any unwanted tattoos along the way. The researchers have created body art that can be removed in full with a single laser treatment.
Chemistry World January 2007 Derek Lowe	Opinion: In the Pipeline Here is a look at the recent failure of Pfizer's cholesterol drug, torcetrapib, and what it could mean for the future of pharmaceutical research.
Chemistry World January 2007 Philip Ball	Opinion: The Crucible How did the leopard get its spots? Recent research supports an idea first suggested by legendary code-breaker and British mathematician Alan Turing.
Chemistry World December 22, 2006 Victoria Gill	Metabolic Profiling Could Improve Animal Experiments Different types of rats respond to drugs in substantially different ways that can be tracked by metabolic analysis, according to scientists who say their finding has major implications for designing animal experiments.
Chemistry World December 21, 2006 Henry Nicholls	Silent SNPs Serve up a Structural Surprise The sequence of amino acids no longer dictates the structure and function of a protein according to a surprising new paper.
Chemistry World December 21, 2006 Tom Westgate	Molecular Probe Identifies Patients at Risk of Alzheimer's A new molecule could provide an early warning system for Alzheimer's disease, US researchers hope.
Chemistry World December 20, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Blame it on the Bacteria The bacteria in human guts could be partially responsible for obesity, report US researchers.
Chemistry World December 20, 2006 Bea Perks	A Breath of Fresh Water Some semi-aquatic animals can smell their surroundings under water.
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley	Blood, Light, and Water Two molecules that occur naturally in blood have been engineered by scientists to use sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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