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September 2009
Cassava with extra beta-carotene, carrots with more calcium, tomatoes richer in antioxidants— scientists have genetically engineered several biofortified food plants to tackle a scourge of developing countries, micronutrient malnutrition. The crops have yet to cover wide swaths of land, but, as BOB GRANT writes, that may be about to change. |
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Safeguarding the Foreigner Within Every year in the US, hundreds of thousands
of miscarriages occur. But more than half of
couples who experience recurrent miscarriage
never learn why it happens. A newly found
cause of miscarriage raises hopes for treatment,
such as a drug already on the market for other
indications, identified by researcher GUILLERMINA
GIRARDI. But when will clinical trials take place? |
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2009 Life Sciences Salary Survey How does your salary compare? Plus, an analysis of the financial state of the field by JEF AKST, who found that institutions are keeping salaries static in the depressed economy by cutting jobs, forcing furloughs, and making changes to infrastructure. |
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EDITORIAL Aid for Poverty—and Pudding COLUMN Bring Back Reprint Requests OPINION NIH R01s: No Longer the Best Science NOTEBOOK Wild-type work FOUNDATIONS C. elegans Physical Map, circa 1989 PROFILE Crossing Over SCIENTIST TO WATCH J. Christopher Love BIO BUSINESS Dimmer-switch Drugs THE LITERATURE Transcription Surprise Hot paper in Environmental Genomics: Sequencing soil Hot paper in Animal Behavior: When the Lévy breaks Hot paper in Immunology: Directing degradation LAB TOOLS Surpassing the Law of Averages CAREERS Talking Yourself Up |