News: Lessons from Chimeras Posted by Brendan Maher [Entry posted at 29th March 2007 02:18 PM GMT] The chimera marmoset story reported here and elsewhere is fascinating; I was stunned by the possibility, not heavily noted in a lot of press, that male cells might have made it into the germline ... Click to continue View comments (2) | Comment on this news story News: Debate continues over withdrawn mammography paper Posted by Kerry Grens [Entry posted at 28th March 2007 09:27 PM GMT] Continuing a debate that started several months ago, The Lancet this month published several letters, including one from a publication ethics group, ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Cloning and Paperwork Posted by Brendan Maher [Entry posted at 28th March 2007 05:03 PM GMT] Ian Wilmut talks about his disappointment in the failure to move forward on human stem cell research involving cloned embryos in today's Hartford Courant. ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Chimp lawsuit dismissed Posted by Kerry Grens [Entry posted at 23rd March 2007 01:23 PM GMT] Earlier this weak a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by primate researcher Sally Boysen against Ohio State University (OSU). Boysen claims the University shut down the Chimpanzee Cognition ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Rabbit Island: For science no more Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 22nd March 2007 05:35 PM GMT] Last Thursday, owners of Rabbit Island, a pristine 36 acre environment off the coast of British Columbia that has taught many budding scientists about natural phenomena, voted to sell the island ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Cheers for UK science budget Posted by Stephen Pincock [Entry posted at 22nd March 2007 10:53 AM GMT] After all the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the UK recently over science budget cuts, the government is in the good books again. Why? The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, has ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Here, kitty kitty Posted by Kerry Grens [Entry posted at 20th March 2007 07:19 PM GMT] I am waiting for a hypoallergenic cat. Not one to keep, but just one to prove all the skeptics wrong. In the January issue of the The Scientist I wrote an article about what scientists ... Click to continue View comments (5) | Comment on this news story News: Animals strike back at biologists Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 12th March 2007 03:38 PM GMT] Last Wednesday in Alaska, a moose charged and downed a helicopter carrying a wildlife biologist. Neither the pilot nor the biologist were hurt during the attack, but the ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Giant collaborations reign (and Akira is HOT) Posted by Brendan Maher [Entry posted at 9th March 2007 04:19 PM GMT] A press release from Thomson Scientific lists 17 of the hottest researchers from 2005-2006 based on the number of Hot Papers published in that time. Hot Papers, as our readers know are papers, generally on the ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: MRC head steps down Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 8th March 2007 12:03 AM GMT] Medical Research Council chief Colin Blakemore is stepping down at a time when the UK agency is facing major reforms. Blakemore said that he decided to leave after his current term expires ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Statistically significant punk rockers Posted by Stephen Pincock [Entry posted at 6th March 2007 11:21 PM GMT] Who can argue with a punk rock anthem about the search for statistical certainty? Not me, at least. In fact, I couldn't help but smile this week when I came across a jaunty little tune called Increase the N by an outfit called Hefe from ... Click to continue Comment on this news story

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