Biology & Life Sciences

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Bio-IT World March 10, 2003 Richard Dweck	Sifting Through Standards Standards in informatics can sometimes raise more questions than they answer. Take a pragmatic approach.
Bio-IT World March 10, 2003	Discovery Zone It's high time molecular biology became quantitative, and other thoughts from Sir John Maddox.
Science News March 1, 2003 Ben Harder	Bacteria-Stocked Beverage Clears Pathogens from Nose Considerable evidence indicates that ingesting certain bacteria, called probiotics, can maintain or improve intestinal health. Some researchers have also examined whether these bacteria could aid health in other parts of the body.
Technology Research News February 26, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Virtual DNA replicates Self-replication is all around us, but it's not a simple process. Artificial life researchers from Canada have found a way to examine the phenomenon more closely using a computer simulation of self-replicating strings of symbols that work as a simplified sort of DNA.
Technology Research News February 26, 2003	DNA forms nano piston DNA is a molecule of many talents. In addition to its biological role of carrying the blueprint to life, it has performed computations and self-assembled into various shapes in the laboratory. Some of those shapes are movable, which paves the way for molecular machines.
Science News February 15, 2003 Janet Raloff	'Don't Drink Alone' Gets New Meaning In what may be bad news for bars and pubs, a European research consortium has found that people drinking alcohol outside of meals have a significantly higher risk of cancer in the mouth and neck than do those taking their libations with food.
Technology Research News February 12, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Butterflies offer lessons for robots Researchers from Oxford University in England have devised a method of studying the way butterflies fly, and their initial results show that the insects have many more tricks of flight than they get credit for.
Bio-IT World February 10, 2003 Malorye Branca	Conquering Infinity with Chemical Genetics Harvard superchemist Stuart Schreiber defines the convergence of chemistry and biology. Now the field of chemical genetics is heading toward the clinic.
Bio-IT World February 10, 2003 Mark D. Uehling	Decoding Estonia The former Soviet republic aims to use IT and culture to build a national gene database. It is modestly funded but is already being noticed by scientists and industry.
Bio-IT World February 10, 2003 Salvatore Salamone	Made in Manhattan A talk with the new head of the Computational Biology Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
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