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Wired
August 21, 2007 |
Three Smart Things About Genomics 1. The real benefit of studying genomes is that it has taught us how little we know... 2. Genomics' reductionist approach has become more holistic... etc.   |
Wired
August 21, 2007
Bob Parks |
Scramble Some DNA With the Bio-Rad Helios Gene Gun Labs worldwide use a helium-powered gun for everything from shooting nano sensors into mice and flu-fighting genes into chickens to injecting potato DNA into rice, which makes the crop more insect- resistant. |
Scientific American
September 2007 |
Take Nutrition Claims with a Grain of Salt Dietary studies sponsored by the food industry are often biased. |
Science News
August 18, 2007 |
Science Safari: Worm Lovelies Polyclad flatworms are soft, juicy, and delicate coral-reef dwellers. Learn more about these pretties and view spectacular examples at Marine Flatworms of the World. |
Chemistry World
August 15, 2007
John Bonner |
Chemists Claim Biological Alchemy South Korean chemists say they have turned muscle cells from the sole of a human foot into something akin to stem cells, using a simple molecule called neurodazine. |
Chemistry World
August 9, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Cheerful News for Antidepressant Research Two research groups have independently reported new findings on the mechanism of action of an important class of antidepressant drugs. |
Outside
August 2007
Jon Cohen |
Zonkeys Are Pretty Much My Favorite Animal Napoleon Dynamite was on to something. Hybrid creatures like pizzlies, blynxes, and bonanzees are beautiful and cool, and they're forcing evolutionary scientists to rethink the web of life. |
Outside
August 2007
Eric Hansen |
The Wimp Gene At the Human Pain Research Laboratory at Stanford University, Pain Labbers routinely subject themselves to all manner of torture, all in the name of science. Are you tough enough? |
Chemistry World
August 6, 2007
Tom Westgate |
Unique Antibiotic Beats Superbugs' Resistance The discovery of how a unique antibiotic kills its targets has uncovered a new way to tackle resistant superbugs. A team of chemists and structural biologists have studied how the natural antibiotic lactivicin interacts with a crucial bacterial protein. |
Chemistry World
August 3, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Making Light Work of Drug Release UK researchers have borrowed a technique from organic synthetic chemistry to develop a new type of drug-release system that is activated by light. |
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