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Anton Dilger used anthrax and glanders germs to sabotage horses during World War I; Jack Woodall reviews 'The Fourth Horseman'

In an unprecedented exercise, a neurosurgeon at Cleveland Clinic violated the Clinic's animal use code, but perhaps not federal law

Findings explain the mechanism by which the tumor suppressor puts the brakes on oncogenic Ras

Supreme Court ruling will have mixed impact on the biotech industry, experts say

Two prominent scientists argue the merits of forming a new 500,000-person cohort versus pooling data from existing studies

French scientists begin safety testing of vaccine to quell ever-growing outbreak of the mosquito virus

Researchers link gene for a protein involved in amyloid recycling to AD - but with dozens of genes now associated with the disease, will this one stand out from the pack?

A new play explores how governments should handle research using chimeras

Supporters don't gain enough votes to over-ride the promised presidential veto; all eyes now turn to Senate

Co-author of now-discredited Korean embryonic stem cell work accused of falsifying images while a postdoc in Gerald Schatten's lab

BARDA aims to facilitate product development by filling the funding gap between testing and commercialization

Embryology regulator won't make resolution on whether or not to permit research on human-animal hybrids until autumn, to the relief of many scientists