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News from The Scientist
The latest biological and medical news from The Scientist

  • A theory blossoms
    Researchers unfold a key step in the process that tells plants to flower, findings that could one day benefit agriculture

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    A new method to predict the proteins behind diseases uncovers culprits for cancer, heart disease, and diabetes

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  • Darwin's minstrel
    A Philadelphia street performer sings happy 200th birthday to Charles Darwin ... his own way

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    A new play explores ecological and evolutionary themes through global catastrophe

  • HIV antibody duds explained
    Researchers describe molecular reasons for the failure of some AIDS vaccines

  • A fix for Down syndrome brains?
    Boosting levels of a neurotransmitter reversed some symptoms in mice with the condition

  • 2nd human hESC trial?
    A company has requested permission to conduct a clinical trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat a genetic eye disease

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    Researchers, journal editors, and health care administrators demand funding to study ethical quandaries and nefarious business practices in biomedical research

  • Tailor-made mass spec
    Mass spec tinkerers describe their custom fixes for commercial hardware limitations

  • New head for US genome institute
    Eric Green, scientific director at the National Human Genome Research Institute, will fill Francis Collins's shoes in the institute's top spot


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