Articles

articles for January 2009

AGRI-BIOTECH

» Does Even More than a Spider Can :: By
» Chemists Engineer Plants to Produce New Compounds :: By Anne Trafton
» A Willy Wonka Who Wants to Feed the World :: By Brandon Keim
» King of Bionic Ag Uses Turbocharged Seeds, Precision Chemistry, and a Little TLC :: By Bill Donahue
» Fungal Warfare :: By Sarah Everts
» Modified Plants May Yield More Biofuel :: By
» Coloring Food, Naturally :: By Melody Voith
» Plants Display "Molecular Amnesia" :: By

BIOBUSINESS MANAGEMENT

» Of Mice, Mountains, and Magma :: By Peter O'Donnell
» A New Respect for Science :: By
» Nanomaterial Characterization :: By Britt E. Erickson

CLINICAL TRIALS

» IntraLinks' Poll Shows Fifty Percent Share Critical Info via E-mail :: By
» Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials Now Available :: By

DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS

» New Technique Lets Researchers Find Cancer-Promoting Gene Fusions :: By
» New Technique Enables Faster Genetic Diagnosis for Hereditary Diseases :: By

DRUG DELIVERY

» New Partnership Embarks on European SonoDrugs Project :: By

INDUSTRY

» Life Science?s Undercurrent :: By Paul Livingstone
» Buckle-Up Biopharma :: By Chitra Sethi
» Why Women Leave Science :: By Sue V. Rosser and Mark Zachary Taylor

NOVEL APPLICATIONS

» Researchers Use Bacteria to Generate Biofuels :: By Matthew Chin

PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES

» Protein Racemate Yields Crystals :: By Amanda Yarnell
» Re-write the Textbooks: Transcription Is Bidirectional :: By
» Curvy Crystals :: By Sarah Everts
» A Single Virus Creates Pluripotent Stem Cells :: By
» Rise of the Garage Genome Hackers :: By Phil McKenna
» Stem Cells Undo Birth Defects :: By Jocelyn Rice
» A Better Way to Make Nanotubes :: By Dan Krotz
» Drugs Unlock the Body's Own Stem Cell Cabinet :: By Andy Coghlan
» Columbia University Scientist Devises New Way to More Rapidly Generate Bone Tissue :: By Alex Lyda
» Bad Old Genes :: By
» Mysterious Ways :: By

RESEARCH ADVANCEMENTS

» Keep That 1876 Journal Handy, It Just May Help Treat Diabetes :: By JACOB GOLDSTEIN
» Researchers Discover New Structural Motif in Key Enzymes Is Essential to Prevent Autoimmune Disease :: By Eric Sauter
» Relocation' Plan of Metastatic Cancer Cells Uncovered by Stanford Researchers :: By Krista Conger
» Obesity's Cellular Traffic Jam :: By Courtney Humphries
» NYU Scientists Discover Dangerous New Method for Bacterial Toxin Transfer :: By Lorinda Klein
» Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2008 :: By Aaron Rowe
» 12 Elegant Examples of Evolution :: By Brandon Keim
» Wired Science's 13 Most Popular Stories of 2008 :: By Betsy Mason
» Study Reveals Scientists? Fear of Law Enforcement :: By
» Biologists Learn Structure, Mechanism of Powerful 'Molecular Motor' in Virus :: By
» Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer :: By Thomas Goetz
» The Year in Biomedicine :: By Emily Singer
» New Obesity-related Genes Identified :: By
» Columbia University Scientist Devises New Way to More Rapidly :: By Alex Lyda
» Molecular Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Closer to Clinical Use :: By Kelsey Jackson
» Conceivable Risk :: By
» UTSouthwestern Scientists Identify 'Border Patrol Agents' in the Gut :: By
» Interferon Needed for Cells to 'Remember' How to Defeat a Virus, Researchers Report :: By
» Scripps Research Scientists Identify Blood Component that Turns Bacteria Virulent :: By
» A protein That Protects Against Alzheimer's? :: By Claire Bouchard

RESEARCH TOOLS

» CSHL Scientists Find a New Class of Small RNAs and Define its Function :: By Peter Tarr
» Putting Heads (And Computers) Together to Solve Global Problems :: By Anne Trafton
» Genes Immortalized Outside Biology :: By
» Ten Extinct Beasts That Could Walk the Earth Again :: By Henry Nicholls
» Studies Offer Guide as Protein Interaction Mapping Comes of Age :: By Bill Schaller
» Scientists Can Now Differentiate Between Healthy Cells and Cancer Cells :: By
» Genome Hunters Set Their Sights on Creatures Great and Small :: By Jane Charlesworth

STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS

» Twelve Schools Chosen To Expand HHMI?s Innovative Science Education Program :: By
» Imaging Biomarker Network :: By Lisa Henderson
» Clinical and Translational Science Awards :: By
» Amateurs Are Trying Genetic Engineering at Home :: By Marcus Wohlsen

THERAPEUTIC CATEGORY

» Obesity: Reviving the Promise of Leptin :: By
» Air Force to Use 'Battlefield Acupuncture' for Pain Relief :: By Noah Shachtman