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Opinion: Sustainable Drug Monitoring

By | August 31, 2011

Pharmacovigilance must keep pace with global distribution of drugs in resource-limited settings.

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image: Black Death Pathogen Extinct?

Black Death Pathogen Extinct?

By | August 29, 2011

The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.

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image: Opinion: The Water Deficit

Opinion: The Water Deficit

By | August 23, 2011

Current farming practices draw too much of the world’s freshwater supplies to be sustainable. A change is needed to support growing agricultural demand.

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image: Opinion: Reducing Foodborne Illness

Opinion: Reducing Foodborne Illness

By | August 22, 2011

New testing technologies and improved communication among regulatory agencies are making strides in the fight against foodborne disease.

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Next Generation: Hundreds of Cell-Analyses at Once

By | August 11, 2011

A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.

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image:  Opinion: Vaccinate at Birth

Opinion: Vaccinate at Birth

By | August 9, 2011

Improved immunization efforts are required to prevent infections during the first 6 months of life, when newborn and infants are highly susceptible to disease.

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image: Baruj Benacerraf Dies

Baruj Benacerraf Dies

By | August 3, 2011

The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.

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image: Opinion: Diversity for Conservationists and Biota

Opinion: Diversity for Conservationists and Biota

By | July 27, 2011

Conservation biologists must reflect on the nation’s changing demographics to save the organisms they strive to protect.

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image: The Beginning of the End for Bananas?

The Beginning of the End for Bananas?

By | July 22, 2011

Already reeling from a 20-year losing battle with a devastating disease, the banana variety eaten in the United States is now threatened by a new—but old—enemy.

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Longevity Paper Retracted

By | July 21, 2011

A study that identified several genes linked to extremely long life has been retracted due to technical errors in the sequencing chips used.

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