Week ended 4 February 2005

Keeping things in proportion (ScienceNOW, 4 February 2005)
A step toward cheaper anti-HIV therapy (Science, 4 February 2005)
Immortality dies as bacteria show their age (Science, 4 February 2005)
Asia jockeys for stem cell lead (Science, 4 February 2005)
Gene used in brain development can cause childhood brain cancers (EurekAlert!, 2 February 2005)
Gene therapy promising for growing tooth-supporting bone (EurekAlert!, 1 February 2005)
New trigger for breast cancer (ScienceNOW, 31 January 2005)
Week ended 28 January 2005

One virus, three names, three claims (Science, 28 January 2005)
Researchers discover genetic variant that may explain why women develop MS more than men (EurekAlert!, 27 January 2005)
The incredible shrinking genome (ScienceNOW, 25 January 2005)
Loss of control (ScienceNOW, 25 January 2005)
Novel technology detects human DNA mutations (EurekAlert!, 25 January 2005)
Columbia research lifts major hurdle to gene therapy for cancer (EurekAlert!, 25 January 2005)
Viagra for broken hearts? (ScienceNOW, 24 January 2005)
Week ended 21 January 2005

Low-power mitochondria may raise risk of cardiovascular problems (Science, 21 January 2005)
MicroRNAs exert macro control (ScienceNOW, 19 January 2005)
Fat deficiency gene also spurs obesity (EurekAlert!, 18 January 2005)
Week ended 14 January 2005

As the worm ages: Epilepsy drugs lengthen nematode life span (Science, 14 January 2005)
Clinical trials: Facing criticism, industry offers to share data (Science, 14 January 2005)
Polio eradication effort adds new weapon to its armory (Science, 14 January 2005)
Stem cells: California's bold $3 billion initiative hits the ground running (Science, 14 January 2005)
Week ended 7 January 2005

Chemokine gene number tied to HIV susceptibility, but with a twist (Science, 7 January 2005)
A genomic view of animal behavior (Science, 7 January 2005)
Source of new hope against malaria is in short supply (Science, 7 January 2005)
Giant eagle had Lilliputian origins (ScienceNOW, 4 January 2005)
Human complexity and diversity spring from a surprisingly few (relatively speaking) genes (EurekAlert!, 4 January 2005)
Vollum Institute discovery may unlock human genome (EurekAlert!, 28 December 2004)
Week ended 24 December 2004

Halt of Celebrex study threatens drug's future, other trials (Science, 24 December 2004)
Long-sought enzyme found, revealing new gene switch on histones (Science, 24 December 2004)
A ruff theory of evolution: Gene stutters drive dog shape (Science, 24 December 2004)
Cell biology: A technical fix for an ethical bind? (Science, 24 December 2004)
Three gray mice (ScienceNOW, 23 December 2004)
New technique provides insight into gene regulation (EurekAlert!, 21 December 2004)
Weizmann Insitute scientists show how proteins beat the evolutionary stakes (EurekAlert!, 21 December 2004)
New enzyme is a turn-off for genes (ScienceNOW, 20 December 2004)
DNA may hold key to information processing and data storage (EurekAlert!, 20 December 2004)
Week ended 17 December 2004

Celebrex trial suspended (ScienceNOW, 17 December 2004)
Mutant gene tied to poor serotonin production and depression (Science, 17 December 2004)
Richard Villems: Cutting a path in genetics and international diplomacy (Science, 17 December 2004)
Why a pug is not a collie (ScienceNOW, 14 December 2004)
Gene vaccine for Alzheimer's disease shows promising results (EurekAlert!, 14 December 2004)
Mutant enzyme linked to depression (ScienceNOW, 13 December 2004)
Researchers discover new gene in colon cancer (EurekAlert!, 13 December 2004)
Week ended 10 December 2004

New TB drug promises shorter, simpler treatment (Science, 10 December 2004)
NSF blocked from funding Smithsonian scientists (Science, 10 December 2004)
Protected by crippled parasites (ScienceNOW, 8 December 2004)
Scientists align billion-year-old protein with embryonic heart defects (EurekAlert!, 8 December 2004)
Toxic sperm blocker (ScienceNOW, 6 December 2004)
Prediction of gene function in mammals (EurekAlert!, 5 December 2004)
Week ended 3 December 2004

Long-term stress may chip away at the ends of chromosomes (Science, 3 December 2004)
Consortium hopes to map human history in Asia (Science, 3 December 2004)
Nail-biting time for trials of COX-2 drugs (Science, 3 December 2004)
Don't worry, be happy--or else (ScienceNOW, 29 November 2004)
Ice ages put the vice on bison (ScienceNOW, 29 November 2004)
Differences in gene usage dramatically change bacteria's 'lifestyles' (EurekAlert!, 29 November 2004)
Gene therapy shows promise in model of Parkinson's disease (EurekAlert!, 29 November 2004)
Week ended 26 November 2004

New data on appetite-suppressing peptide challenge critics (Science, 26 November 2004)
Bone marrow cells: The source of gastric cancer? (Science, 26 November 2004)
Immune cells speed the evolution of novel proteins (Science, 26 November 2004)
China could be first nation to approve sale of GM rice (Science, 26 November 2004)
Protein mends broken hearts (ScienceNOW, 24 November 2004)
Custom-colored proteins (ScienceNOW, 23 November 2004)
United Nations ducks clone vote (ScienceNOW, 22 November 2004)
Week ended 19 November 2004

WHO gives a cautious green light to smallpox experiments (Science, 19 November 2004)
Estrogen's ties to COX-2 may explain heart disease gender gap (Science, 19 November 2004)
AIDS vaccines: The first shot in a highly targeted strategy (Science, 19 November 2004)
Of worms, mice, and very old men and women (Science, 19 November 2004)
New prostate cancer genetic link (Science, 19 November 2004)
Week ended 12 November 2004

Green light for glowing smallpox (ScienceNOW, 12 November 2004)
RNA shows cracks in its armor (Science, 12 November 2004)
Sperm-targeting vaccine blocks male fertility in monkeys (Science, 12 November 2004)
Regulators talk up plans for drug biomarkers… (Science, 12 November 2004)
…And NCI hears a pitch for biomarker studies (Science, 12 November 2004)
Fighting cholesterol with RNAi (ScienceNOW, 10 November 2004)
Genetic variant linked to weakened heart pumping (EurekAlert!, 9 November 2004)
Sexual selection seen in primate genes (ScienceNOW, 8 November 2004)
Sexual competition drives evolution of a sex-related gene (EurekAlert!, 7 November 2004)
Week ended 5 November 2004

Target for nicotine addiction (ScienceNOW, 5 November 2004)
Ural farmers got milk gene first? (ScienceNOW, 5 November 2004)
Plant biology: NO-making enzyme no more-- Cell, PNAS papers retracted (Science, 5 November 2004)
Inflammation and cancer: The link grows stronger (Science, 5 November 2004)
New prostate cancer gene identified (ScienceNOW, 3 November 2004)
Mixed bag at the polls for stem cell researchers (ScienceNOW, 3 November 2004)
Stopping malaria at the placenta (ScienceNOW, 2 November 2004)
Gene linked to enlargement of the factory where proteins are processed (EurekAlert!, 2 November 2004)
Wistar study demonstrates heritability of non-genomic information (EurekAlert!, 31 October 2004)
Week ended 29 October 2004

Lipid gene may lead to long life (ScienceNOW, 29 October 2004)
Diabetes research: Broad-Novartis venture promises a no-strings, public gene database (Science, 29 October 2004)
United Nations tackles cloning question--again (Science, 29 October 2004)
A wily recruiter in the battle against toxic beta amyloid aggregation (Science, 29 October 2004)
Prozac treatment of newborn mice raises anxiety (Science, 29 October 2004)
Platypus X-files (ScienceNOW, 26 October 2004)
The Basque tremor (ScienceNOW, 25 October 2004)
New center to map DNA of key lab mice (EurekAlert!, 25 October 2004)
Bug's-eye-view of urinary tract reveals E.coli infection genes (EurekAlert!, 25 October 2004)
Week ended 22 October 2004

Getting the noise out of gene arrays (Science, 22 October 2004)
Searching for the genome's second code (Science, 22 October 2004)
A fast and furious hunt for gene regulators (Science, 22 October 2004)
Metabolic defects tied to mitochondrial gene (Science, 22 October 2004)
Stem cell researchers mull ideas for self-regulation (Science, 22 October 2004)
Malaria: A complex new vaccine shows promise (Science, 22 October 2004)
When mitochondrial genes go bad (ScienceNOW, 21 October 2004)
Explanation of Down syndrome questioned (ScienceNOW, 21 October 2004)
Puffed-up genome (ScienceNOW, 20 October 2004)
Genetic data crunching achieves milestone at Stanford (EurekAlert!, 20 October 2004)
UCLA scientists discover new way to fix defective gene (EurekAlert!, 18 October 2004)
Manipulation of epigenome turns off as many genes as it turns on (EurekAlert!, 18 October 2004)
Week ended 15 October 2004

Giant virus sequenced (ScienceNOW, 15 October 2004)
Genetics: Disease backs cancer origin theory (Science, 15 October 2004)
Microbicide shuts the door on HIV (Science, 15 October 2004)
Withdrawal of Vioxx casts a shadow over COX-2 inhibitors (Science, 15 October 2004)
Influenza: Crisis underscores fragility of vaccine production system (Science, 15 October 2004)
Chromosome instability tied to cancer (ScienceNOW, 12 October 2004)
Rutgers-led research offers new clues in the genetic mysteries of maize (EurekAlert!, 12 October 2004)
Resistance genes discovered in ancestral tomato species (EurekAlert!, 11 October 2004)
Week ended 8 October 2004

How to make a uterus (ScienceNOW, 8 October 2004)
Louse DNA suggests close contact between early humans (Science, 8 October 2004)
Institute sparks an Italian renaissance in mouse biology (Science, 8 October 2004)
2004 Nobel prizes: Axel, Buck share award for deciphering how the nose knows (Science, 8 October 2004)
AIDS treatment: Drugmakers test restrictions on generics in U.S. programs (Science, 8 October 2004)
Protein breakdown wins chemistry Nobel (ScienceNOW, 6 October 2004)
Bovine genome assembled (EurekAlert!, 6 October 2004)
Tale of human origins, told by lice (ScienceNOW, 5 October 2004)
Week ended 1 October 2004

DNA reveals diatom's complexity (Science, 1 October 2004)
Diabetes: Islet transplants face test of time (Science, 1 October 2004)
Cancer research: Pioneering prevention institute declares bankruptcy (Science, 1 October 2004)
Ancient virus tied to multiple sclerosis (ScienceNOW, 29 September 2004)
The first gasp (ScienceNOW, 29 September 2004)
DNA barcoders nab new species (ScienceNOW, 27 September 2004)
Week ended 24 September 2004

Omega-3s without that fishy odor (ScienceNOW, 24 September 2004)
Scientist pleads guilty of receiving illegally imported avian flu virus (Science, 24 September 2004)
Stem cell claims face legal hurdles (Science, 24 September 2004)
Rotavirus vaccines' second chance (Science, 24 September 2004)
Gene made apes smarter (ScienceNOW, 21 September 2004)
Men migrated more (ScienceNOW, 21 September 2004)
The book opens on the first tree genome (EurekAlert!, 21 September 2004)
Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer (EurekAlert!, 21 September 2004)
Scientists decipher genetic code of biothreat pathogen (EurekAlert!, 21 September 2004)
Week ended 17 September 2004

Possible new role for BRCA2 (Science, 17 September 2004)
Report upholds public access to genetic codes (Science, 17 September 2004)
Legislators propose a registry to track clinical trials from start to finish (Science, 17 September 2004)
German panel splits on cloning issue (ScienceNOW, 14 September 2004)
Week ended 10 September 2004

Momentum builds for clinical trial registration (ScienceNOW, 10 September 2004)
The discriminating palate of Staphylococcus (ScienceNOW, 10 September 2004)
Charges filed against chimp facility (ScienceNOW, 10 September 2004)
California debates whether to become stem cell heavyweight (Science, 10 September 2004)
HIV dodges one-two punch (Science, 10 September 2004)
NIH proposes 6-month public access to papers (Science, 10 September 2004)
The man behind the memos (Science, 10 September 2004)
Redrafting the tree of life (ScienceNOW, 8 September 2004)
NIH proposes public access to papers (ScienceNOW, 7 September 2004)
Week ended 3 September 2004

Bonemaking protein shapes beaks of Darwin's finches (Science, 3 September 2004)
Avian flu finds new mammal hosts (Science, 3 September 2004)
Week ended 27 August 2004

Cancer sharpshooters rely on DNA tests for a better aim (Science, 27 August 2004)
Patient advocate named co-inventor on patent for the PXE disease gene (Science, 27 August 2004)
New clue to rheumatoid arthritis (ScienceNOW, 24 August 2004)
Allergy vaccine nothing to sneeze at (ScienceNOW, 24 August 2004)
Trojan Horses, xenon imaging and remote controlled genes (EurekAlert!, 24 August 2004)
Hopes renewed for pancreatic stem cells (ScienceNOW, 23 August 2004)
Genetic clues found for common congenital brain disorder (EurekAlert!, 22 August 2004)
In gene regulation, small is beautiful (EurekAlert!, 22 August 2004)
Week ended 20 August 2004

Druglike molecules mimic gene switches (Science, 20 August 2004)
AIDS research: Cambodian leader throws novel prevention trial into limbo (Science, 20 August 2004)
Pediatric study of ADHD drug draws high-level public review (Science, 20 August 2004)
New doping test joins Olympics (ScienceNOW, 16 August 2004)
Protective gene may enhance vaccine responses (EurekAlert!, 15 August 2004)
Genes can influence both alcohol consumption and dependence (EurekAlert!, 15 August 2004)
Week ended 13 August 2004

Proposed leukemia stem cell encounters a blast of scrutiny (Science, 13 August 2004)
Cancer stem cell claim scrutinized (ScienceNOW, 11 August 2004)
Jefferson scientists find gene expression pattern may predict behavior of leukemia (EurekAlert!, 10 August 2004)
Resisting ricin (ScienceNOW, 9 August 2004)
Genetic mutation linked to more aggressive breast cancer found more often in African-Americans (EurekAlert!, 9 August 2004)
Week ended 6 August 2004

New light on inflammation-tumor link (ScienceNOW, 6 August 2004)
The calculus of making stem cells a campaign issue (Science, 6 August 2004)
Genes crisscross disease lines (Science, 6 August 2004)
Catching fish evolving (ScienceNOW, 2 August 2004)
Clusters of alterations on PIK3CA gene found in brain cancers (EurekAlert!, 1 August 2004)
Week ended 30 July 2004

An end to the prion debate? Don't count on it (Science, 30 July 2004)
Virology: Tiptoeing around Pandora's box (Science, 30 July 2004)
Peering under the hood of Africa's runners (Science, 30 July 2004)
Researchers look into components of RNA silencing machinery (EurekAlert!, 27 July 2004)
Scientists suggest framework for epigenetics in common disease (EurekAlert!, 27 July 2004)
More muscle for dystrophic mice (ScienceNOW, 26 July 2004)
Week ended 23 July 2004

Synthetic vaccine is a sweet victory for Cuban science (Science, 23 July 2004)
Stem cell research: Advocates keep pot boiling as Bush plans new centers (Science, 23 July 2004)
Volatile chemistry: Children and antidepressants (Science, 23 July 2004)
Dissecting cancer vaccines (ScienceNOW, 20 July 2004)
Hot touch whodunnit (ScienceNOW, 19 July 2004)
Week ended 16 July 2004

Researchers trade insights about gene swapping (Science, 16 July 2004)
Gleevec, chapter two: New leukemia drug aims to overcome resistance (Science, 16 July 2004)
Pain research: Why other people may not feel your pain (Science, 16 July 2004)
The eyespots have it (ScienceNOW, 12 July 2004)
Week ended 9 July 2004

Labs fail to reproduce protein's appetite-suppressing effects (Science, 9 July 2004)
Immunotherapy: Putting tolerance to the test (Science, 9 July 2004)
Fewer chemicals, better tomatoes? (ScienceNOW, 6 July 2004)
Mutations tied to common form of Alzheimer's (ScienceNOW, 6 July 2004)
Week ended 2 July 2004

Biomedical research: Feeling the heat, NIH tightens conflict-of-interest rules (Science, 2 July 2004)
More data but no answers on powers of adult stem cells (Science, 2 July 2004)
Basic RNA enzyme research promises single-molecule biosensors (EurekAlert!, 29 June 2004)
Week ended 25 June 2004

The mice that don't miss mom: Love and the m-opioid receptor (Science, 25 June 2004)
Kerry blasts Bush over U.S. science (Science, 25 June 2004)
NIH panel weighs RO1 starter grants (Science, 25 June 2004)
NIH goes further on consulting rules (ScienceNOW, 22 June 2004)
Smoke clears, but gene damage remains (ScienceNOW, 21 June 2004)
Who's your daddy? (ScienceNOW, 21 June 2004)
Week ended 18 June 2004

Potent tumor suppressor found (ScienceNOW, 18 June 2004)
NIH gears up for chemical genomics (Science, 18 June 2004)
Gene links calorie deprivation and long life in rodents (Science, 18 June 2004)
Changing a fish's bony armor in the wink of a gene (Science, 18 June 2004)
Therapeutic cloning: Japan faces decision as moratorium expires (Science, 18 June 2004)
Monogamous minds (ScienceNOW, 16 June 2004)
Week ended 11 June 2004

Unexpectedly, ancient molecule tied to asthma (Science, 11 June 2004)
Agbiotech: Report says India needs stronger, independent regulatory body (Science, 11 June 2004)
The case of the disappearing DNA hotspots (Science, 11 June 2004)
Disposable DNA puzzles researchers (Science, 11 June 2004)
Surveys reveal vast numbers of genes (Science, 11 June 2004)
RNA fights brain disease in mice (ScienceNOW, 7 June 2004)
Week ended 4 June 2004

Side effects sideline hemophilia trial (Science, 4 June 2004)
TIGR escapes Venter's plan for consolidation (Science, 4 June 2004)
Syngenta donates 48,000 mutant Arabidopsis plants (Science, 4 June 2004)
NIH weighs demand to force sharing of AIDS drug patents (Science, 4 June 2004)
Week ended 28 May 2004

U.S. scientists faulted on biotech consulting (Science, 28 May 2004)
More genomes, but shallower coverage (Science, 28 May 2004)
Monsanto wins split decision in patent fight over GM crop (Science, 28 May 2004)
Mitochondrial miscues tied to aging (ScienceNOW, 26 May 2004)
Week ended 21 May 2004

Monsanto pulls the plug on genetically modified wheat (Science, 21 May 2004)
Biotechnology: A new tack on herbicide resistance (Science, 21 May 2004)
Genome resources to boost canine's role in gene hunts (Science, 21 May 2004)
One year after outbreak, SARS virus yields some secrets (Science, 21 May 2004)
Week ended 14 May 2004

Mitochondrial DNA mixes it up (ScienceNOW, 14 May 2004)
Heritage on the vine (ScienceNOW, 14 May 2004)
Consortium tackles mouse regulome (Science, 14 May 2004)
South Korean cloning team denies improprieties (Science, 14 May 2004)
Biomedical research: New NIH training grants open to foreign students (Science, 14 May 2004)
Gene tied to heart attack, stroke risk (ScienceNOW, 11 May 2004)
Modified plants may need less nitrogen (ScienceNOW, 10 May 2004)
Geneticists seek obesity clues on islands (New York Times, 10 May 2004)
Week ended 7 May 2004

Smallpox vaccines: Looking beyond the next generation (Science, 7 May 2004)
Unorthodox clinical trials meld science and care (Science, 7 May 2004)
Tracking the evolutionary history of a "warrior" gene (Science, 7 May 2004)
DNA pox vaccine shows promise (ScienceNOW, 4 May 2004)
Week ended 30 April 2004

Finding the DNA needle in the haystack (ScienceNOW, 30 April 2004)
Consensus emerges on HapMap strategy (Science, 30 April 2004)
Why a new cancer drug works well in some patients (Science, 30 April 2004)
Mounting lab accidents raise SARS fears (Science, 30 April 2004)
Week ended 23 April 2004

Japanese scientists create fatherless mouse (Science, 23 April 2004)
White House softens disputed peer-review plan (Science, 23 April 2004)
Reports examine academe's role in keeping secrets (Science, 23 April 2004)
New markers for ALS (ScienceNOW, 19 April 2004)
Week ended 16 April 2004

New global database lends a hand to gene hunters (Science, 16 April 2004)
The genes that change the cichlid jaws (Science, 16 April 2004)
Japanese catch of the day (Science, 16 April 2004)
RNAi takes evo-devo world by storm (Science, 16 April 2004)
Spineless sticklebacks (ScienceNOW, 14 April 2004)
Week ended 9 April 2004

Two new asthma genes uncovered (Science, 9 April 2004)
White House panels issues its final word on reproductive technology (Science, 9 April 2004)
The roots of plant-microbe collaborations (Science, 9 April 2004)
Cell therapy: Renovating the heart (Science, 9 April 2004)
Fruit fly courtship puts neurons to work (ScienceNOW, 6 April 2004)
A quorum can kill (ScienceNOW, 5 April 2004)
Week ended 2 April 2004

This isn't about cloning (ScienceNOW, 2 April 2004)
Human Genome Sciences retrenches, Haseltine moves on (Science, 2 April 2004)
Biomedical research: IG report faults handling of Veterans Affairs funds (Science, 2 April 2004)
A star-studded search for memory-enhancing drugs (Science, 2 April 2004)
Fertile ground for irony (ScienceNOW, 31 March 2004)
Week ended 26 March 2004

HIV may shed some protection as it jumps to new hosts (Science, 26 March 2004)
Human evolution: The primate bite-brawn versus brain? (Science, 26 March 2004)
Polio endgame: Wanted-Drug for a disappearing disease (Science, 26 March 2004)
All in the big, hairy family (ScienceNOW, 23 March 2004)
Week ended 19 March 2004

Small RNAs no one trick pony (ScienceNOW, 19 March 2004)
Drug discovery: Surviving the blockbuster syndrome (Science, 19 March 2004)
Gene expression tests foretell breast cancer's future (Science, 19 March 2004)
NIH roils academe with advice on licensing DNA patents (Science, 19 March 2004)
No Neandertals in the gene pool (ScienceNOW, 16 March 2004)
Week ended 12 March 2004

Britain opts for brave new GM world (Science, 12 March 2004)
Textbook rewrite? Adult mammals may produce eggs after all (Science, 12 March 2004)
Plant biology: Remembrance of winter past (Science, 12 March 2004)
Adult mammals may produce eggs after all (ScienceNOW, 10 March 2004)
Less stressful smallpox shots (ScienceNOW, 10 March 2004)
Week ended 5 March 2004

Pitt takes over a struggling genetics technology firm (Science, 5 March 2004)
Hybrid mosquitoes suspected in West Nile virus spread (Science, 5 March 2004)
Harvard enters stem cell fray (Science, 5 March 2004)
How cells endure low oxygen (Science, 5 March 2004)
MicroRNAs make leaves turn out right (ScienceNOW, 3 March 2004)
Harvard enters stem cell fray (ScienceNOW, 2 March 2004)
Blood screen pays off (ScienceNOW, 2 March 2004)
Bioethics panel shake-up (ScienceNOW, 1 March 2004)
Week ended 27 February 2004

SARS treatment: Interferon shows promise in monkeys (Science, 27 February 2004)
AIDS research: Potential HIV blocker identified in monkeys (Science, 27 February 2004)
Vaccines: Shifting tactics in the battle against influenza (Science, 27 February 2004)
A new form of mad cow? (Science, 27 February 2004)
HIV blocker identified in monkeys (ScienceNOW, 25 February 2004)
Bees with a virus in their bonnet (ScienceNOW, 25 February 2004)
Old drug might tackle SARS (ScienceNOW, 24 February 2004)
Genes with itchy feet (ScienceNOW, 23 February 2004)
Week ended 20 February 2004

Modified medaka mate more (ScienceNOW, 20 February 2004)
Biomedical research: MRC gets flexible and clinical in funding overhaul (Science, 20 February 2004)
Nipah virus (or a cousin) strikes again (Science, 20 February 2004)
2004 AAAS meeting: Science in Seattle (Science, 20 February 2004)
Cloning first starts with the nose (ScienceNOW, 18 February 2004)
RNA rules the ribosome (ScienceNOW, 16 February 2004)
Week ended 13 February 2004

Scientists take step toward therapeutic cloning (Science, 13 February 2004)
Gene suggests asthma drugs may ease cardiovascular inflammation (Science, 13 February 2004)
Caution urged on SARS vaccine (Science, 13 February 2004)
Gene links heart attack, stroke (ScienceNOW, 9 February 2004)
Week ended 6 February 2004

Blast from influenza's past (ScienceNOW, 6 February 2004)
Development gene may give nerve cells a sense of identity (Science, 6 February 2004)
DNA forensics: Buried, recovered, lost again? The Romanovs may never rest (Science, 6 February 2004)
Life's patterns: No need to spell it out? (Science, 6 February 2004)
Of mice and meat (ScienceNOW, 4 February 2004)
The Romanovs, misidentified? (ScienceNOW, 2 February 2004)
Neurons pick from 38,000 gene signatures (ScienceNOW, 2 February 2004)
Week ended 30 January 2004

Jumping genes are fruit flies' saviors (ScienceNOW, 30 January 2004)
Biomedical research: Senators probe alleged financial conflicts at NIH (Science, 30 January 2004)
National Science Foundation: Director expected to step down (Science, 30 January 2004)
Infectious diseases: WHO ramps up bird flu vaccine efforts (Science, 30 January 2004)
A link between leprosy and Parkinson's? (ScienceNOW, 27 January 2004)
GM vaccine in the works for bird flu (ScienceNOW, 27 January 2004)
Week ended 23 January 2004

Europe takes tentative steps toward approval of commercial GM crops (Science, 23 January 2004)
Genetically modified organisms: Experts recommend a cautious approach (Science, 23 January 2004)
Genomics: New sequence boosts rats' research appeal (Science, 23 January 2004)
Biomedical funding: NIH keeps grants staff but braces for change (Science, 23 January 2004)
Papayas' sexy secret (ScienceNOW, 21 January 2004)
Keeping GMOs on the farm (ScienceNOW, 20 January 2004)
Week ended 16 January 2004

Viral DNA match spurs China's civet roundup (Science, 16 January 2004)
California: Stem cell research could be ballot issue (Science, 16 January 2004)
Epidemiology: Ebola outbreaks may have had independent sources (Science, 16 January 2004)
Week ended 9 January 2004

Microbes made to order (Science, 9 January 2004)
First U.S. case of mad cow sharpens debate over testing (Science, 9 January 2004)
A conspiracy on the left (ScienceNOW, 7 January 2004)
A good side of prions? (ScienceNOW, 5 January 2004)
Week ended 2 January 2004

Drug candidate bolsters cell's tumor defenses (Science, 2 January 2004)
Second lab accident fuels fears about SARS (Science, 2 January 2004)
Long-term memory: A positive role for a prion? (Science, 2 January 2004)
Week ended 26 December 2003

White meat or dark? (ScienceNOW, 22 December 2003)
Is SARS a mosaic virus? (ScienceNOW, 22 December 2003)
Week ended 19 December 2003

In sex reversal, protein deterred by nuclear barrier (Science, 19 December 2003)
Cow ambles to the sequencing house (Science, 19 December 2003)
The trials of Thomas Butler (Science, 19 December 2003)
Big-brain gene? (ScienceNOW, 16 December 2003)
Lockout leads to sex reversal (ScienceNOW, 16 December 2003)
Cow genome project mooves forward (ScienceNOW, 15 December 2003)
Coral harbor 'vertebrate' genes (ScienceNOW, 15 December 2003)
Week ended 12 December 2003

E.U. stem cell debate ends in a draw (Science, 12 December 2003)
Scientists make sperm in a dish (Science, 12 December 2003)
Genome comparisons hold clues to human evolution (Science, 12 December 2003)
Patent sprawl: From genes to gene interpretation (Science, 12 December 2003)
Scientists make sperm in a dish (ScienceNOW, 10 December 2003)
Nibbling away at DNA (ScienceNOW, 8 December 2003)
Tiny pathogens yield big scholarships (ScienceNOW, 8 December 2003)
Week ended 5 December 2003

Early success for SARS vaccine (ScienceNOW, 5 December 2003)
U.S. science funding: Research catches a break in catch-all spending bill (Science, 5 December 2003)
Butler cleared on most biosecurity charges, convicted of fraud (Science, 5 December 2003)
AIDS research: Earmark draws criticism, creates confusion (Science, 5 December 2003)
Systems biology: Tracing life's circuitry (Science, 5 December 2003)
Squeezing jumbo genes from ivory (ScienceNOW, 2 December 2003)
Congress boosts science budget (ScienceNOW, 1 December 2003)
A bacterium's borrowed weapon (ScienceNOW, 1 December 2003)
Week ended 28 November 2003

Nobelists go four-on-one with Cheney (Science, 28 November 2003)
Triple-threat microbe gained powers from another bug (Science, 28 November 2003)
Anthrax powder: State of the art? (Science, 28 November 2003)
Loren Rieseberg: No garden-variety biologist (Science, 28 November 2003)
The race for solid semen (ScienceNOW, 24 November 2003)
Week ended 21 November 2003

Venter cooks up a synthetic genome in record time (Science, 21 November 2003)
AIDS vaccine still alive as booster after second failure in Thailand (Science, 21 November 2003)
Public projects gear up to chart the protein landscape (Science, 21 November 2003)
Blood cells build muscle (ScienceNOW, 19 November 2003)
Smallpox's medieval legacy (ScienceNOW, 17 November 2003)
Neurons get connected via glia (ScienceNOW, 17 November 2003)
Week ended 14 November 2003

Giving flowers a new future (ScienceNOW, 14 November 2003)
FDA puts the brakes on Roche's gene array test (Science, 14 November 2003)
Brain researchers try to salvage estrogen treatments (Science, 14 November 2003)
New vaccine and treatment excite Ebola researchers (Science, 14 November 2003)
AIDS vaccine flunks second test (ScienceNOW, 11 November 2003)
Mother's malaria aids AIDS (ScienceNOW, 10 November 2003)
Week ended 7 November 2003

Bioterrorism: Facing a security deadline, labs get a 'provisional' pass (Science, 7 November 2003)
Medicine: Ozone may be secret ingredient in plaques' inflammatory stew (Science, 7 November 2003)
Biomedical politics: Sex studies denounced, NIH's peer-review process defended (Science, 7 November 2003)
Deadline on bioterror rules eased (ScienceNOW, 3 November 2003)
Going with the grain (ScienceNOW, 3 November 2003)
Week ended 31 October 2003

NIH roiled by inquiries over grants hit list (Science, 31 October 2003)
In a first, infected mice recover from prion disease (Science, 31 October 2003)
Search for SARS origins stalls (Science, 31 October 2003)
Two species join club SARS (ScienceNOW, 29 October 2003)
Drug thwarts hepatitis C (ScienceNOW, 27 October 2003)
Finding the right bug for the job (ScienceNOW, 27 October 2003)
Week ended 24 October 2003

How embryos know left from right (ScienceNOW, 24 October 2003)
Mixed message could prove costly for GM crops (Science, 24 October 2003)
Preventing toxicity with a gene test (Science, 24 October 2003)
Genetics: The Grand Canyon's cattalo (Science, 24 October 2003)
Race and medicine (Science, 24 October 2003)
Gene sparks peculiar sensations (ScienceNOW, 22 October 2003)
The Grand Canyon's cattalo (ScienceNOW, 21 October 2003)
Thanks for the cancer, dad (ScienceNOW, 20 October 2003)
Week ended 17 October 2003

Biodefense: Researchers await government response to self-regulation plea (Science, 17 October 2003)
'Stemness' genes still elusive (Science, 17 October 2003)
Is long life in the blood? (Science, 17 October 2003)
Gateways into cells usher in Nobels (Science, 17 October 2003)
Deconstructing prions (ScienceNOW, 15 October 2003)
Judge not by the genes (ScienceNOW, 14 October 2003)
Week ended 10 October 2003

Genes keep bee's brain on job (ScienceNOW, 10 October 2003)
New biodefense splurge creates hotbed, shatters dreams (Science, 10 October 2003)
Panel seeks to balance science and security (Science, 10 October 2003)
The ultimate gene gizmo: Humanity on a chip (Science, 10 October 2003)
Yoshihide Hayashizaki: He's writing the book on the mouse genome (Science, 10 October 2003)
Molecular medicine: NIH dives into drug discovery (Science, 10 October 2003)
Balancing science and biosecurity (ScienceNOW, 8 October 2003)
Holes in cells yield Nobels (ScienceNOW, 8 October 2003)
Humanity on a chip (ScienceNOW, 7 October 2003)
Insect killer sequenced (ScienceNOW, 6 October 2003)
Week ended 26 September 2003

Tiny particles flag scarce proteins (Science, 26 September 2003)
Gates pledges $168 million for malaria research (Science, 26 September 2003)
Meiotic drive: Bickering genes shape evolution (Science, 26 September 2003)
Breakdown on the axon highway (ScienceNOW, 24 September 2003)
Lab faulted in SARS case (ScienceNOW, 23 September 2003)
$168 million for malaria (ScienceNOW, 22 September 2003)
Week ended 19 September 2003

Early indications point to lab infection in new SARS case (Science, 19 September 2003)
Mapping the brain's genes: A Microsoft dividend (Science, 19 September 2003)
U.S. court opens door to free trade in ideas (Science, 19 September 2003)
Making sperm from scratch (ScienceNOW, 16 September 2003)
Sniffing out Hedgehog in tumors (ScienceNOW, 16 September 2003)
Biochemist wins Lasker (ScienceNOW, 15 September 2003)
Week ended 12 September 2003

Indian farmers disrupt Monsanto lab (ScienceNOW, 12 September 2003)
U.S. biodefense boom: Eight new study centers (Science, 12 September 2003)
Senate bill boosts NSF funds for underserved groups (Science, 12 September 2003)
Microbes sweet on making power (Science, 12 September 2003)
A puzzling case of SARS (ScienceNOW, 10 September 2003)
Modified bacteria take on HIV (ScienceNOW, 9 September 2003)
Genes link schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (ScienceNOW, 8 September 2003)
Week ended 5 September 2003

Undoing the smoke damage (ScienceNOW, 5 September 2003)
SARS experts in China urge wider animal testing (Science, 5 September 2003)
Mutant stem cells may seed cancer (Science, 5 September 2003)
Neither cold nor snow stops tundra fungi (Science, 5 September 2003)
Ronald Plasterk: TV fame and RNA glory (Science, 5 September 2003)
Two-pronged attack may stall anthrax (ScienceNOW, 2 September 2003)
Week ended 29 August 2003

Troublesome templates (ScienceNOW, 29 August 2003)
In vino vitalis? Compounds activate life-extending genes (Science, 29 August 2003)
Yeast engineered to produce sugared human proteins (Science, 29 August 2003)
Genomics: Sequencers examine priorities (Science, 29 August 2003)
Science policy: Feds ask a $100 billion question (Science, 29 August 2003)
A clear look at cataracts (ScienceNOW, 27 August 2003)
Was Methuselah a booze-elah? (ScienceNOW, 25 August 2003)
Week ended 22 August 2003

Party gene (ScienceNOW, 22 August 2003)
Genetic privacy: Japan guidelines under fire after protest halts study (Science, 22 August 2003)
Bioinformatics: Gene counters struggle to get the right answer (Science, 22 August 2003)
WHO advises kicking the livestock antibiotic habit (Science, 22 August 2003)
Infectious diseases: Civets back on China's menu (Science, 22 August 2003)
Malaria drug's secret is out (ScienceNOW, 20 August 2003)
Lousy study has humans bearing all (ScienceNOW, 19 August 2003)
Week ended 15 August 2003

Biomedical research: NIH plans new grants for innovative minds (Science, 15 August 2003)
Thoman Monath: Riding the biodefense wave (Science, 15 August 2003)
Democrats accuse Bush of letting politics distort science (Science, 15 August 2003)
Nervous healers' agonizing touch (ScienceNOW, 13 August 2003)
New West Nile vaccine unveiled (ScienceNOW, 12 August 2003)
Week ended 8 August 2003

Passages found through labyrith of bacterial evolution (Science, 8 August 2003)
Poor job market blunts impact of new master's programs (Science, 8 August 2003)
Depression drugs' powers may rest on new neurons (Science, 8 August 2003)
Cloning horseplay (ScienceNOW, 6 August 2003)
Single shot stops Ebola (ScienceNOW, 6 August 2003)
Week ended 1 August 2003

A low-stress scheme for overhauling NIH's structure (Science, 1 August 2003)
Stem cells: Visiting German profs could face jail (Science, 1 August 2003)
International health: U.S., Italy plan joint research effort (Science, 1 August 2003)
Universities tackle drug development (ScienceNOW, 1 August 2003)
Panel calls for NIH makeover (ScienceNOW, 29 July 2003)
Huntington's double-edged sword (ScienceNOW, 28 July 2003)
Week ended 25 July 2003

When whales ruled the earth (ScienceNOW, 25 July 2003)
Depth charges aimed at Columbia's 'submarine patent' (Science, 25 July 2003)
U.K. government panel gives GM crops cautious support (Science, 25 July 2003)
Genetics: Scientists dream of 1001 complex mice (Science, 25 July 2003)
2004 Science budget: House panel backs 6% NSF increase as other agencies struggle (Science, 25 July 2003)
Angiogenesis: A boost for tumor starvation (Science, 25 July 2003)
DNA goes ballistic (ScienceNOW, 21 July 2003)
Yellow light for modified crops (ScienceNOW, 21 July 2003)
Week ended 18 July 2003

Behavioral genetics: Getting the short end of the allele (Science, 18 July 2003)
Drug deals diabetes a one-two punch (Science, 18 July 2003)
European Union: At odds again over stem cells (Science, 18 July 2003)
SARS in China: Tracking the roots of a killer (Science, 18 July 2003)
Spud savior gene (ScienceNOW, 14 July 2003)
Week ended 11 July 2003

Neuroscience: New attention to ADHD genes (Science, 11 July 2003)
Management directives from 'downtown' again roil NIH (Science, 11 July 2003)
A sigh of relief for painkillers (Science, 11 July 2003)
European stem cell fight heats up (ScienceNOW, 9 July 2003)
Antisense flexes its muscles (ScienceNOW, 7 July 2003)
Week ended 4 July 2003

Biomedical research: VA shaken by plan to cut grants, cultivate the 'stars' (Science, 4 July 2003)
Biomedical research: Revolution of evolution for French science? (Science, 4 July 2003)
Insulin insults may spur Alzheimer's disease (Science, 4 July 2003)
Week ended 27 June 2003

Biotechnology: Sheep fail to produce golden fleece (Science, 27 June 2003)
The puzzling portrait of a pore (Science, 27 June 2003)
Smallpox immunization: Panel urges caution over heart problems (Science, 27 June 2003)
House bill signals end of NIH's double-digit growth (Science, 27 June 2003)
French Supreme Court ends tainted blood saga (Science, 27 June 2003)
Drug reduces risk of prostate cancer (ScienceNOW, 25 June 2003)
The state of biotech (ScienceNOW, 24 June 2003)
Does DNA determine bedtime? (ScienceNOW, 24 June 2003)
HIV targets the masses (ScienceNOW, 23 June 2003)
Could excess insulin contribute to Alzheimer's? (ScienceNOW, 23 June 2003)
Week ended 20 June 2003

New institute aims to put the genome in the doctor's bag (Science, 20 June 2003)
Crib death exoneration could usher in new gene tests (Science, 20 June 2003)
Clinical trials: Diabetes' brave new world (Science, 20 June 2003)
Psychiatric drugs: Excited by glutamate (Science, 20 June 2003)
Male chromosome full of surprises (ScienceNOW, 18 June 2003)
Bodybuilding of the ancestors (ScienceNOW, 18 June 2003)
Looking to an explorer's bones for answers (ScienceNOW, 17 June 2003)
Lose a protein, gain an aggressive cancer (ScienceNOW, 17 June 2003)
Week ended 13 June 2003

U.K. probes public opposition to GM crops (Science, 13 June 2003)
Modernizing the tree of life (Science, 13 June 2003)
Molecular biology: Spinning junk into gold (Science, 13 June 2003)
Max Planck Society retrenches (ScienceNOW, 11 June 2003)
Cadmium cuts two ways (ScienceNOW, 9 June 2003)
Week ended 6 June 2003

Human genome: A low number wins the GeneSweep pool (Science, 6 June 2003)
African-American population biobank proposed (Science, 6 June 2003)
Searching for a SARS agenda (Science, 6 June 2003)
Fighting rabies with tobacco (ScienceNOW, 3 June 2003)
Speeding up cancer drug development (ScienceNOW, 3 June 2003)
Now hair this (ScienceNOW, 2 June 2003)
Week ended 30 May 2003

A sip from the fountain of youth (ScienceNOW, 30 May 2003)
Ulcer bugs scramble stomach lining (ScienceNOW, 30 May 2003)
Clues to the animal origins of SARS (Science, 30 May 2003)
First cloned mule races to finish line (Science, 30 May 2003)
Taming pathogens: An elegant idea, but does it work? (Science, 30 May 2003)
Fernando Reinach from bench to boardroom: Promoting Brazilian biotech (Science, 30 May 2003)
African-American biobank launched (ScienceNOW, 28 May 2003)
DNA untangles Britain's past (ScienceNOW, 27 May 2003)
Week ended 23 May 2003

AIDS research: Drug trials without the drugs? (Science, 23 May 2003)
Monarchs check clock to chart migration route (Science, 23 May 2003)
Perspective: Super sunflowers—stopping the rot? (Science, 23 May 2003)
Perspective: Not junk after all (Science, 23 May 2003)
Drug trials without the drugs (ScienceNOW, 21 May 2003)
Fly genome warms to global change (ScienceNOW, 21 May 2003)
Knockout rats (ScienceNOW, 20 May 2003)
More blame for killer clumps (ScienceNOW, 19 May 2003)
Week ended 16 May 2003

Cyanide on the side (ScienceNOW, 16 May 2003)
SARS outbreak: Flood of sequence data yields clues but few answers (Science, 16 May 2003)
Anthrax vaccine: NIAID's $233 million problem put on hold (Science, 16 May 2003)
Perspective: SMC complexes—wrapped up in controversy (Science, 16 May 2003)
How eating disorders are inherited (ScienceNOW, 14 May 2003)
A potential SARS fighter? (ScienceNOW, 13 May 2003)
Cro Magnons are close kin (ScienceNOW, 12 May 2003)
Interference from RNA stymies hepatitis B (ScienceNOW, 12 May 2003)
Week ended 9 May 2003

Smallpox vaccination campaign in the doldrums (Science, 9 May 2003)
Single signal unites treatments that prolong life (Science, 9 May 2003)
Upclose and personal with SARS (Science, 9 May 2003)
Perspective: Setting standards for human embryonic stem cells (Science, 9 May 2003)
Biomedical research: Rubin to head Hughes institute's new 'farm' (Science, 9 May 2003)
NIAID's nasty surprise (ScienceNOW, 6 May 2003)
Kamikaze gene flow (ScienceNOW, 6 May 2003)
Wrong-way RNA makes sense of mystery mutation (ScienceNOW, 5 May 2003)
Week ended 2 May 2003

Pseudogenes prove useful (ScienceNOW, 2 May 2003)
Hungry for details, scientists zoom in on SARS genomes (Science, 2 May 2003)
Purified signaling protein stimulates stem cell proliferation (Science, 2 May 2003)
Gates grows UW's genome program (Science, 2 May 2003)
Hatching the golden egg: A new way to make drugs (Science, 2 May 2003)
Stem cells: Oocytes spontaneously generated (Science, 2 May 2003)
Molecular toggle switch (ScienceNOW, 30 April 2003)
Decades of toil yield purified protein (ScienceNOW, 28 April 2003)
Genetic twist steals sight and sound (ScienceNOW, 28 April 2003)
Week ended 25 April 2003

Tying genetics to the risk of environmental diseases (Science, 25 April 2003)
Biomedical research: Canceling grants, VA research chief shakes the system (Science, 25 April 2003)
Interdisciplinary research: Keck gives $40 million for acadamies initiative (Science, 25 April 2003)
Ironing out hemochromatosis (ScienceNOW, 23 April 2003)
Multitalented mold sequenced (ScienceNOW, 23 April 2003)
Estrogen derivatives signal cancer risk (ScienceNOW, 22 April 2003)
Metastatic melanoma made in mice (ScienceNOW, 22 April 2003)
Toxicology goes genomic (ScienceNOW, 21 April 2003)
Week ended 18 April 2003

A gene for growing old too fast (ScienceNOW, 18 April 2003)
Royal Society: Report deplores growth in academic patenting (Science, 18 April 2003)
Paleontology: Ancient DNA pulled from soil (Science, 18 April 2003)
Human genome: Reaching their goal early, sequencing labs celebrate (Science, 18 April 2003)
Infection diseases: Calling all coronavirologists (Science, 18 April 2003)
Anthrax: From bioweapons backwater to main attraction (Science, 18 April 2003)
SARS culprit definitively identified (ScienceNOW, 16 April 2003)
Human genome completed (ScienceNOW, 14 April 2003)
SARS suspect sequenced (ScienceNOW, 14 April 2003)
Week ended 11 April 2003

Misguided chromosomes foil primate cloning (Science, 11 April 2003)
Cannibalism and prion disease may have been rampant in ancient humans (Science, 11 April 2003)
Recruiting genes, proteins for a revolution in diagnostics (Science, 11 April 2003)
Perspective: Defining genes in the genomics era (Science, 11 April 2003)
A hothouse of molecular biology (Science, 11 April 2003)
DNA's cast of thousands (Science, 11 April 2003)
Parkinson's susceptibility deciphered (ScienceNOW, 9 April 2003)
Dolly on display (ScienceNOW, 9 April 2003)
Banteng cloned (ScienceNOW, 8 April 2003)
Picking apart a promiscuous protein (ScienceNOW, 7 April 2003)
Week ended 4 April 2003

Stumbling onto a prion protector (ScienceNOW, 4 April 2003)
TB test shows promise (ScienceNOW, 4 April 2003)
A setback and an advance on the AIDS vaccine front (Science, 4 April 2003)
Canada vaults into drug-oriented protein research (Science, 4 April 2003)
Lab accident reveals potential health risks of common compound (Science, 4 April 2003)
Conflict-of-interest allegations derail inquiry into antidepressant's 'dark side' (Science, 4 April 2003)
Stem cell research: Cells find destiny through merger (Science, 4 April 2003)
Policy forum: Genomics, genetic engineering, and domestication of crops (Science, 4 April 2003)
Plastic ingredient scrambles chromosomes (ScienceNOW, 1 April 2003)
X-rays meddle with DNA repair (ScienceNOW, 1 April 2003)
Cells find destiny through merger (ScienceNOW, 31 March 2003)
Big boost for microbicide research (ScienceNOW, 31 March 2003)
Week ended 28 March 2003

Research funding: U.K.'s biomedical agency gets a Parlimentary tongue-lashing (Science, 28 March 2003)
RNA interference: New screen nets 'Hedgehog' genes (Science, 28 March 2003)
Infectious diseases: A second suspect in the global mystery outbreak (Science, 28 March 2003)
Clinical research: AIDS vaccine results draw investor lawsuits (Science, 28 March 2003)
Medicine: Building better mouse models for studying cancer (Science, 28 March 2003)
Tiny transistors scout for cancer (ScienceNOW, 25 March 2003)
British research agency under fire (ScienceNOW, 25 March 2003)
Week ended 21 March 2003

Cellular band-aids (ScienceNOW, 21 March 2003)
Infectious diseases: Scientists chase fast-moving and deadly global illness (Science, 21 March 2003)
Agrobiotechnology: Foundation goes to bat for African farmers (Science, 21 March 2003)
Biotechnology: Stems cells lose market luster (Science, 21 March 2003)
Conservation: Unwelcome bison may face a DNA test (Science, 21 March 2003)
Clues to global mystery outbreak (ScienceNOW, 19 March 2003)
Fetus RNA survives in mom's blood (ScienceNOW, 18 March 2003)
Bone marrow cells bolster the pancreas (ScienceNOW, 17 March 2003)
Week ended 14 March 2003

Captivity genetically alters salmon (ScienceNOW, 14 March 2003)
Underground fish back Darwin (ScienceNOW, 14 March 2003)
Judge turns Rochester's golden patent into lead (Science, 14 March 2003)
Resistant staph finds new niches (Science, 14 March 2003)
How to make sense of sequence (Science, 14 March 2003)
New rule triggers debate over best way to test drugs (Science, 14 March 2003)
Resistant staph finds new niches (ScienceNOW, 12 March 2003)
Safer magic bullets (ScienceNOW, 11 March 2003)
Patent headache for Rochester University (ScienceNOW, 11 March 2003)
Pass the peanuts, hold the anaphylaxis (ScienceNOW, 10 March 2003)
Week ended 7 March 2003

HIV/AIDS: Vaccine results lose significance under scrutiny (Science, 7 March 2003)
Infectious disease: Chasing the fickle swine flu (Science, 7 March 2003)
HIV: Escape artist par excellence (Science, 7 March 2003)
James Battey profile: NIH's man in the middle of the stem cell debate (Science, 7 March 2003)
Genetic patchwork reveals species split (ScienceNOW, 5 March 2003)
Week ended 28 February 2003

AIDS vaccine trial produces disappointment and confusion (Science, 28 February 2003)
NCI goal aims for cancer victory by 2015 (Science, 28 February 2003)
Canadian budget: Graduate training, research councils are big winners (Science, 28 February 2003)
Biotech thinking comes to academic medical centers (Science, 28 February 2003)
Why monkeys smell better than people (ScienceNOW, 28 February 2003)
VaxGen's sketchy statistics (ScienceNOW, 27 February 2003)
Parasite parlor tricks (ScienceNOW, 27 February 2003)
Self-powered DNA computer (ScienceNOW, 26 February 2003)
Whipple's disease unwound (ScienceNOW, 25 February 2003)
Fruit flies with a particular gene mutation live long, active lives (ScienceNOW, 24 February 2003)
Manipulating nucleolus could boost cloning success (ScienceNOW, 24 February 2003)
Week ended 21 February 2003

Mighty RNA powers viral assembly (ScienceNOW, 21 February 2003)
2003 budget: Science agencies get most of what they want, finally (Science, 21 February 2003)
Microbial forensics: Report spells out how to fight biocrimes (Science, 21 February 2003)
How global change shaped the squirrel family (Science, 21 February 2003)
Bioterrorism: Security rules leave labs wanting more guidance (Science, 21 February 2003)
A genetic tryst in the testes (ScienceNOW, 18 February 2003)
Dolly RIP (ScienceNOW, 17 February 2003)
Preparing to nab bioterrorists (ScienceNOW, 17 February 2003)
Week ended 14 February 2003

The UPSIDE of good behavior: Make your data freely available (Science, 14 February 2003)
Gene therapy: RAC hears a plea for resuming trials, despite cancer risk (Science, 14 February 2003)
Mini RNA molecules shield mouse liver from hepatitis (Science, 14 February 2003)
Medicine: Tracing the steps of metastasis, cancer's menacing ballet (Science, 14 February 2003)
Tinker, tailor: Can Venter stitch together a genome from scratch? (Science, 14 February 2003)
Brainy genes boost IQ (ScienceNOW, 14 February 2003)
Stem cell gene swap (ScienceNOW, 12 February 2003)
Green light for stressed seedlings (ScienceNOW, 11 February 2003)
RNAi to the liver's rescue (ScienceNOW, 10 February 2003)
Chardonnay finds a friend in genomics (ScienceNOW, 10 February 2003)
Week ended 7 February 2003

Human cloning: New players, same debate in Congress (Science, 7 February 2003)
United Kingdom: Walport to take reins at Wellcome Trust (Science, 7 February 2003)
Protecting the homeland sets tone for 2004 budget (Science, 7 February 2003)
Singapore: Novartis kicks off institute for neglected diseases (Science, 7 February 2003)
An off-switch for cancer? (ScienceNOW, 4 February 2003)
NSF not yet seeing double (ScienceNOW, 4 February 2003)
Week ended 31 January 2003

Minor variation in growth-factor gene impairs human memory (Science, 31 January 2003)
Researchers create first autonomous synthetic life form (Science, 31 January 2003)
For chromosomes, size does matter (ScienceNOW, 31 January 2003)
Wellcome Trust names new head (ScienceNOW, 31 January 2003)
Milking genes for all they're worth (ScienceNOW, 30 January 2003)
New bug uses strange chemistry (ScienceNOW, 29 January 2003)
Deep-sea bugs may yield drugs (ScienceNOW, 28 January 2003)
Genetic twist boosts recall (ScienceNOW, 27 January 2003)
Week ended 24 January 2003

Bioinformatics: Private pact ends the DNA data war (Science, 24 January 2003)
Gene therapy: Seeking the cause of induced leukemias in X-SCID trial (Science, 24 January 2003)
Bioweapons: Plague of lies lands Texas scientist in jail (Science, 24 January 2003)
Embryonic stems cells: Key questions loom over effort to energize research (Science, 24 January 2003)
Week ended 17 January 2003

Gene therapy: Second child in French trial is found to have leukemia (Science, 17 January 2003)
Science and security: Researchers urged to self-censor sensitive data (Science, 17 January 2003)
University-industry collaboration: Last of the big-time spenders? (Science, 17 January 2003)
Gene therapy worries grow (ScienceNOW, 14 January 2003)
Lifesaver for lost exons (ScienceNOW, 14 January 2003)
Week ended 10 January 2003

DNA doughnuts resist radiation (ScienceNOW, 10 January 2003)
Prion disease treatment's early promise unravels (Science, 10 January 2003)
Shrugging off doubters, NIH launches a new institute (Science, 10 January 2003)
New depths of diversity (ScienceNOW, 6 January 2003)
Week ended 3 January 2003

German science: Stem cell project wins final approval (Science, 3 January 2003)
U.S. Congress: New Senate leader no stranger to science policy (Science, 3 January 2003)
Japan: Science fares well in a tight budget (Science, 3 January 2003)
China: With help from overseas Chinese, a Western-style institute takes shape (Science, 3 January 2003)
Microbicides: Raising new barriers against HIV infection (Science, 3 January 2003)
Peering into 2003 (ScienceNOW, 31 December 2002)
Breakthroughs 2002: Genomes head south (ScienceNOW, 30 December 2002)
Week ended 27 December 2002

Mitrochondrial thermostat (ScienceNOW, 27 December 2002)
Breakthroughs 2002: A taste for temperature (ScienceNOW, 27 December 2002)
Interfering with HIV (ScienceNOW, 26 December 2002)
Breakthroughs 2002: Retina receptors (ScienceNOW, 24 December 2002)
Ebola's feathered friends (ScienceNOW, 23 December 2002)
Week ended 20 December 2002

Biological agents: New U.S. rules set the stage for tighter security, oversight (Science, 20 December 2002)
Stem cell medicine: Stanford gets gift for new institute (Science, 20 December 2002)
Transgenic crops: China takes a bumpy road from the lab to the field (Science, 20 December 2002)
Animal models: Can a mouse be standardized? (Science, 20 December 2002)
Nanotechnology: Biology offers nanotechs a helping hand (Science, 20 December 2002)
Sing along with the genome (ScienceNOW, 18 December 2002)
No holiday cheer for NIH, NSF (ScienceNOW, 18 December 2002)
Policing bioterror research (ScienceNOW, 17 December 2002)
Enzyme does a body good (ScienceNOW, 16 December 2002)
Week ended 13 December 2002

Genetics clashes with theology (ScienceNOW, 13 December 2002)
Tunicate genome shows a little backbone (Science, 13 December 2002)
Retreat from Torrey Mesa: A chill wind in Ag research (Science, 13 December 2002)
Europe prepares for arrival of GM foods (Science, 13 December 2002)
NSF urged to boost spending on facilities (Science, 13 December 2002)
Canadian high court rejects OncoMouse (Science, 13 December 2002)
Gene therapy: The strange case of chimeraplasty (Science, 13 December 2002)
Gene therapy: RAC's advice -- Proceed with caution (Science, 13 December 2002)
Philippines approves transgenic corn (ScienceNOW, 11 December 2002)
Air pollution linked to mutations (ScienceNOW, 11 December 2002)
Malaria's plan B for infection (ScienceNOW, 10 December 2002)
A metastasis calling card? (ScienceNOW, 10 December 2002)
Game theorem, rice gene discoveries honored (ScienceNOW, 9 December 2002)
Week ended 6 December 2002

Genomics: Sequence tells mouse, human genome secrets (Science, 6 December 2002)
Cell proliferation: Common control for cancer, stem cells (Science, 6 December 2002)
European research: Mystery academy holds first powwow in private (Science, 6 December 2002)
Medical research: U.K. researchers hope for clarity in tissue use (Science, 6 December 2002)
How the mouse genome stacks up (ScienceNOW, 4 December 2002)
Common signal in cancer, stem cells (ScienceNOW, 2 December 2002)
Week ended 29 November 2002

Human genome project: Genome institute wrestles mightily with its future (Science, 29 November 2002)
Genetics: Venter gets down to life's basics (Science, 29 November 2002)
Bug gene makes rice drought-tolerant (ScienceNOW, 27 November 2002)
Week ended 22 November 2002

Hughes cuts researcher grants as endowment takes a hit (Science, 22 November 2002)
U.K. research: Courting universities break off engagement (Science, 22 November 2002)
National Science Foundation: Congress OK's budget doubling, at last (Science, 22 November 2002)
Chaos reigns in RNA transcription (Science, 22 November 2002)
Bacteria shared photosynthesis genes (Science, 22 November 2002)
A shaggy dog history (Science, 22 November 2002)
Science and security: Entering the twilight zone of what material to censor (Science, 22 November 2002)
Homeland security is born (ScienceNOW, 20 November 2002)
Disentangling a hairy infection (ScienceNOW, 20 November 2002)
Sensing love in the air (ScienceNOW, 19 November 2002)
Organ failure deciphered (ScienceNOW, 18 November 2002)
Congress OKs NSF doubling bill (ScienceNOW, 18 November 2002)
Week ended 15 November 2002

A tussle over the rules for DNA data sharing (Science, 15 November 2002)
U.N. split over full or partial cloning ban (Science, 15 November 2002)
Misspelled gene tames malaria (Science, 15 November 2002)
Population genetics: Seeking signs of selection (Science, 15 November 2002)
Stalking immune system traitors (ScienceNOW, 12 November 2002)
Malaria tamed by misspelled gene (ScienceNOW, 11 November 2002)
Week ended 8 November 2002

UN cloning ban stalls (ScienceNOW, 8 November 2002)
Zambia rejects GM corn on scientists' advice (Science, 8 November 2002)
A new window on the cell's inner workings (Science, 8 November 2002)
Population databases boom, from Iceland to the U.S. (Science, 8 November 2002)
Framework 6 debut prompts calls for a better approach (Science, 8 November 2002)
Why men don't get breast cancer (ScienceNOW, 6 November 2002)
Hints of an early antibody arsenal (ScienceNOW, 4 November 2002)
Week ended 1 November 2002

Structural genomics: Tapping DNA for structures produces a trickle (Science, 1 November 2002)
Venter's next goal: 1000 human genomes (Science, 1 November 2002)
Human genome: HapMap launched with pledges of $100 million (Science, 1 November 2002)
Evolutionary biology: Placentas may nourish complexity studies (Science, 1 November 2002)
Special offer: Your genome on a disk (ScienceNOW, 30 October 2002)
Haplotype map launched (ScienceNOW, 29 October 2002)
Subtle mutation linked to lupus (ScienceNOW, 28 October 2002)
Protein databases unite (ScienceNOW, 28 October 2002)
Week ended 25 October 2002

Mucus-thinning compound aids delivery of therapeutic gene for cystic fibrosis (ScienceNOW, 25 October 2002)
Jumbled DNA separates chimps and humans (Science, 25 October 2002)
Protecting human subjects: Koski steps down after bumpy ride (Science, 25 October 2002)
European research: Directive could give postdocs permanency (Science, 25 October 2002)
Creeping consensus on SV40 and polio vaccine (Science, 25 October 2002)
Bacteriophage therapy: Stalin's forgotten cure (Science, 25 October 2002)
Food and agriculture: testing grounds for phage therapy (Science, 25 October 2002)
TIGR meeting: Gene researchers hunt bargains, fixer-uppers (Science, 25 October 2002)
The human genome in 3D, at your fingertips (Science, 25 October 2002)
Genes on sex chromosomes help shape male brains (ScienceNOW, 22 October 2002)
Folding@Home takes to the lab (ScienceNOW, 21 October 2002)
Jumbled DNA separates chimps and humans (ScienceNOW, 21 October 2002)
Week ended 18 October 2002

RNA shows off its flexibility (ScienceNOW, 18 October 2002)
Gene therapy: What to do when clear success comes with an unclear risk? (Science, 18 October 2002)
Swedish research: New stem cell fund raises hackles (Science, 18 October 2002)
Cancer drugs: Smart weapons prove tough to design (Science, 18 October 2002)
Security and science: Researchers see progress in finding the right balance (Science, 18 October 2002)
Sudden oak death microbe to be sequenced (ScienceNOW, 17 October 2002)
Clinical subjects office chief steps down (ScienceNOW, 17 October 2002)
Stem cells can repair--not just replace--dilapidated neurons (ScienceNOW, 15 October 2002)
Institute of Medicine grows its ranks (ScienceNOW, 15 October 2002)
Week ended 11 October 2002

100 frogs a-leaping for biodiversity (Science, 11 October 2002)
Switzerland: Compromise allows transgenic trials (Science, 11 October 2002)
Young investigators: European program to fund the best (Science, 11 October 2002)
Domino effects from battles against microbes (Science, 11 October 2002)
Gene implicated in common breast cancers (ScienceNOW, 10 October 2002)
Masters of macromolecules net a Nobel (ScienceNOW, 9 October 2002)
New prostate prognosticator? (ScienceNOW, 9 October 2002)
Tiny worm lands a big prize (ScienceNOW, 7 October 2002)
Week ended 4 October 2002

Parasite genome sequenced, scrutinized (Science, 4 October 2002)
Gene therapy a suspect in leukemia-like disease (Science, 4 October 2002)
White House adviser tapped to head FDA (Science, 4 October 2002)
French science: Scientists blast budgetary bad news (Science, 4 October 2002)
Cloning pioneer heads toward human frontier (Science, 4 October 2002)
NIH grantees: Where have all the young ones gone? (Science, 4 October 2002)
Floral evolution: A compromise on floral traits (Science, 4 October 2002)
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