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Hormone may work with progestin, genetics to raise disease risk

PNAS editor, pioneer in studying ?protein machines,? was 67

High levels of mitochondrial DNA deletions likely cause respiratory deficiency in aging substantia nigra, two papers say

Researchers observe a new mechanism by which receptors enter hippocampal neurons

Resurrection of 450 million year old protein illustrates how an integrated system evolved in a stepwise fashion

Unconventional class I myosin motors implicated in establishment of situs inversus

Preliminary report suggests neither manufacturing nor dosing issues were to blame for reactions to monoclonal antibody TGN1412

Critiques of a recent article arguing that animal researchers face overbearing regulations

Invitrogen takes home seven trophies in fourth Life Science Industry Awards

Billions in economic impact attracts variety of public and private bidders

Credit: COURTESY OF JOHN HURLEY FOR THE PROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION" /> Credit: COURTESY OF JOHN HURLEY FOR THE PROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONLeslie Gordon's son Sam was 22 months old when he was diagnosed with Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome, a devastating disease in which children age rapidly and usually die between their 7th and 20th birthdays. Gordon, an MD/PhD, and her MD husband, Scott Berns, discovered an astonishing void of information on the disease, which is so rare that it

The list of fired medical journal editors became longer in February when the two top editors at the Canadian Medical Association Journal were fired after a dispute with the publisher over an article about emergency contraception. The deposed editors have joined a distinguished club whose members include: George Lundberg, whom the American Medical Association deposed as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association after he published a sex survey in 1999 at the height of the