CONTENTS

January 2007

Accused of fraud, ornithologist Anders Pape Møller struggles to reclaim his credibility. BRENDAN BORRELL interviews Møller, his friends, and his critics to find out why his research on barn swallows is under so much scrutiny.

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Origin of a Controversy

Timeline: From Superstar to Pariah

With a shady past and questionable scientific basis can Allerca deliver on their promise of a $4,000 hypoallergenic cat? KERRY GRENS investigates.


Podcast: Suspicions develop over the authenticity of Allerca's hypoallergenic cat

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What the Data Say

Timeline: The Hypoallergenic Cat

Simon Brodie's Other Pet Projects

Slideshow: Reporter's Log on Allerca

Timeline: Tracking Simon Brodie's Criminal History

The Scientific Evidence Behind Simon Brodie's Cats

 

Fewer bridges are being built between academic institutions and industry. ED SILVERMAN looks behind the numbers to find out who and what is responsible.

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Fighting Tech Transfer - and Winning

Can toll-like receptor targeted immune adjuvants save vaccinology? KATE TRAVIS travels to Atlanta to talk with HIV researchers looking for the answer.

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Table: Selected TLR Ligands in Clinical Trials

 

This issue’s contributors

Mail

Stem cell patent wars; The elite HIV controllers; Getting gates funding

EDITORIAL

Time for Intellectual Honesty: Scientists need to speak up when something's not right.
RICHARD GALLAGHER

White Paper

Promoting Integrity in Science Journals: The Council of Science Editors shares its plan for limiting fraud.
DIANE SCOTT-LICHTER

COLUMNS

A Hot and Cold Running Genius: MacArthur genius grant winner Eva Harris should be considered a bioethicist.
GLENN MCGEE

When There Is No Vaccine: Passive immunization is the answer.
JACK WOODALL

The Agenda: A look at the month ahead

Notebook

A ground-breaking lab (also see slideshow, A Window into the Earth ); Do genetics determine your politics?; How to find centenarians; Hate ticks? Save deer; The Fountain's pen

Foundations

The C57BL "black six" mouse, circa 1920

Profiles

Hans Kornberg came in through the bathroom window to study bacterial metabolism, by KAREN HOPKIN

Scientist to Watch: Nathan Wolfe learned how to wheel and deal like a local in Cameroon. Now he's expanding his epidemiological studies.

BioBusiness: John Bishop has a cheat sheet for moving Cepheid into the next wave of clinical diagnostics.

The Literature

Hot Paper: Two studies on the changing understanding of the link between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.

Mitochondrial immunity

Why SIV attacks memory cells

History in a grain of rice

Papers to watch

Wild bees make honeybees busier

Questioning the function of neuroligin

Lab Tools

News you can use: Three technologies from recent discoveries, destined for a kit near you.
JEFFREY PERKEL

Robotics: Five questions to see if you're ready to automate.

CAREERS

Ten Ways To Write A Better Grant: Sure, you need a good idea. But it's more than that.
ALISON SNYDER