Biology & Life Sciences

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BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Arlene Weintraub	Big Pharma Looks Beyond Insulin Researchers may be on the verge of major new treatments for diabetes and obesity.
Science News December 13, 2003 Janet Raloff	When Drought Reigns, Diets Can Turn Poisonous For many people in drought-stricken Africa, food and water will be in perilously short supply this season. So short, in fact, that some people in Ethiopia are already making the grass pea -- a cousin of the sweet pea -- a dietary staple. But to eat the grass pea is to flirt with possible paralysis.
Reactive Reports Issue 35 David Bradley	Teen Gene A puberty gene called "Harry Potter" has been discovered by UK and US scientists.
Technology Research News December 3, 2003 Eric Smalley	Biochip puts it all together Researchers have made all manner of microfluidic machines, but have yet to come up with cheap, mass-producible biochips for handheld medical and environmental testing. A simple plastic chip puts the necessary pieces together. The $7 device tests blood samples for the presence of E. coli bacteria.
Technology Research News December 3, 2003	Microneedles give painless shots The smaller the hypodermic needle, the less it hurts when it pierces skin. Researchers demonstrated that an array of 400 microneedles can be used to pierce human skin, and successfully used a similar micro array to deliver insulin to diabetic rats.
Managed Care November 2003 Thomas Morrow	Making Sense of Antisense and Interference Treatments that interfere with protein synthesis at the cellular level will soon be debated in medical policy committee meetings.
Wired December 2003 Steve Silberman	The Key to Genius Autistic savants are born with miswired neurons - and extraordinary gifts. The breakthrough science behind our new understanding of the brain
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 John Carey	Barring The Door Against AIDS A new generation of drugs focuses on keeping the virus from entering cells.
Bio-IT World November 14, 2003 Elizabeth Gardner	Ultimate Analysis With the necessary tools at hand, the race is on to build -- and market -- the first affordable, portable, fully functional DNA analyzer. Is the world ready?
Bio-IT World November 14, 2003 Kathy Ordonez	Targeted Medicine via Molecular Diagnostics Using diagnostics to select and deselect target populations for drug therapy will enable life scientists to make more effective medicines.
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