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INSERM director general favors projects that could benefit EU, and encourage collaborations

A biologist and artist make clothing out of the slimy films from wine contaminated with bacteria

Scientist acknowledges omitting data, but denies any impropriety

European Medical Research Councils to discuss allowing US citizens to apply for grants

A study of how various devices fit stokes a debate that includes allegations of bias in NIH funding, misconduct, and ineffectiveness

Saluting the winners: Customization, value, and customer service is the name of the game

Study claims more chimp genes than human underwent adaptive evolution

Some petitioners pledge to boycott The Lancet and other Reed Elsevier journals until the publisher drops international weapons trade shows

A traveling exhibit lets the curious indulge in the taboo subject of poop, getting a lot of science along the way

Co- authors of a letter about antipsychotic medications may have played no role in its content; first author claims misunderstanding

Journal removes paper describing the first cloning of gray wolves from its Web site after the authors acknowledge mistakes in the manuscript

Study provides a picture of how four breast cancer genes help spread the disease to the lungs