Biology & Life Sciences

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Scientific American April 10, 2006 Christine Soares	Turning Yellow Yellow fever shot confers long-lasting immunity, a trait that medical researchers hope to transfer to other kinds of vaccines.
Wired April 2006 Steve Olson	Bringing Back the Brontosaurus Digging for fossils is for dinosaurs. Today's animal trackers are using genomics to reconstruct, and one day resurrect, the original hot-blooded beast.
Chemistry World March 31, 2006 Bea Perks	Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Biodegradable polymers being developed the U.S. offer numerous advantages over current drug delivery systems, say researchers working on ways to deliver anti-inflammatory drugs directly into cells.
Chemistry World April 2006 Karen Harries-Rees	Editorial: Drugs Testing on Trial A drugs trial in the UK that went disastrously wrong last month has raised questions about the ethics of using paid volunteers in clinical trials and the usefulness of animal testing.
Chemistry World March 30, 2006 Helen Carmichael	Gene Therapists Swarm Round Honeycomb Lipid Researchers have synthesised a lipid molecule they say shows real promise in gene therapy. The lipid forms a novel honeycomb complex that the researchers claim is tailored to non-viral DNA delivery.
Scientific American April 2006 Steve Mirsky	Short Takes A multi-institutional research team reported that it had discovered adult fish just 7.9 millimeters long. The species, Paedocypris progenetica, is found in incredibly acidic peat wetlands in Indonesia.
Science News March 25, 2006 Janet Raloff	Meat Poses Exaggerated Cancer Risk for Some People The National Toxicology Program confirmed that heterocyclic amines that form in overcooked meat can trigger colon cancer in animals and probably do the same in people.
Reactive Reports Issue 53 David Bradley	Swell Gels A new type of microscopic particle that has a hard shell and a soft core that changes structure depending on the temperature has been developed and might have industrial and biomedical applications.
Reactive Reports Issue 53 David Bradley	An Underarm Review A review of health effects of organometallic compounds suggests that aluminum compounds used in the manufacture of underarm antiperspirants may somehow be involved in an increased risk of breast cancer.
Science News March 18, 2006 Janet Raloff	Protozoa Aid Food-Poisoning Germs Seemingly innocent microorganisms may have harmful consequences: Ubiquitous waterborne protozoa appear capable of aiding the survival of several types of bacteria responsible for gut-wrenching food poisoning.
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