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Triggering addiction
Molecular biology teases out two distinct forms of alcoholism
By Markus Heilig
Univ. sues biostatistician for $30M
Lawsuit alleges that biostatistician Sanford Bolton failed to share drug company royalties with St. John's University
By Brendan Borrell
Animal activists hit wrong address
Extremists bombed a car they thought belonged to a UCLA biologist
By Bob Grant
Europe rejects stem cell patent
The final ruling will likely be cheered by researchers and jeered by biotechs
By Andrea Gawrylewski
Drug wars
A biotech "wargame" reveals deep cultural differences
By Megan Scudellari
National character and scientific enterprise
Is there something in our cultural heritage that makes us better or worse at biotech?
By Richard Gallagher
Finding Nemo with electricity
An electrifying love story in the turbid rivers of the lower Congo rapids
By Elie Dolgin
Gut drives bone makeovers
An unlikely source for the signals that tell your skeleton to lay down new bone
By Jennifer Evans
Peer review isn't perfect
...but it's not a conspiracy designed to maintain the status quo
By Steven Wiley
Critics rip Cell paper
The study's flaws - from improper citation to shoddy science - raise issues in scientific publishing, critics say
By Bob Grant
The science of stress
NIH's Gisela Storz has spent her career drilling down to the core of questions such as how bacteria respond to oxidants
By Karen Hopkin
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