While biotechnology has met with mixed public reactions, to date nanotechnology seems to invoke much less public concern.
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While biotechnology has met with mixed public reactions, to date nanotechnology seems to invoke much less public concern.
Celebrity spokespeople for pharma companies can manipulate the public’s understanding of disease.
Whole brain radiation therapy costs mice some of their cognitive abilities, but treatment with low-oxygen air revives their reasoning skills.
Certain skin-residing immune cells may—under specific conditions—play a direct role in initiating skin cancer after exposure to environmental toxins.
A new study shows that breast cancers that become resistant to hormone therapy have different patterns of estrogen receptor binding.
The Scientist recounts the year’s top science prize winners and top-notch scientists that passed away.
Find the perfect present for the devoted life scientist in your life.
Prognostic signatures have become popular tools in cancer research, but it turns out signatures made of random genes are prognostic as well.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in ecology, from Faculty of 1000