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Patient's death in July trial likely not result of gene transfer therapy, according to NIH Recombinant DNA panel

Every month, a Scripps chemist paints colorful (but correct) pictures of a molecule of his choosing

Discovery of dendritic cells, invention of prosthetic heart valves and programs in AIDS treatment and biodefense are honored

Surrogate broodstock technique could help revive endangered fish species

A distinct subgroup of cancer stem cells is responsible for metastasis in pancreatic tumors

Why hasn't more funding meant more publications?

UNH chair of biochemistry and molecular biology department can return, but with conditions, university says

Populations that eat more starch carry more copies of carb-digesting saliva gene

Four decades ago, a group of scientists actually thought it was a good idea to give an elephant LSD

Public voices support for the controversial research technique

A lab technician looks for blood and saliva on the sweatshirt of a child attacked by a dog. Credit: Courtesy of Gordy Slack" />A lab technician looks for blood and saliva on the sweatshirt of a child attacked by a dog. Credit: Courtesy of Gordy Slack The forensic unit of the University of California, Davis, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory is housed in a small cluster of run-down, double-wide trailers surrounded by silos and fields. The day I visited, director Elizabeth Wictum and her t

Turkey muscle grown in vitro Credit: Courtesy of Douglas McFarland / South Dakota State University" />Turkey muscle grown in vitro Credit: Courtesy of Douglas McFarland / South Dakota State University In late 1998, bioengineer Morris Benjaminson and his colleagues at Touro College in New York decided to do some cooking. They dipped fillets of goldfish muscle tissue in olive oil flavored with lemon, garlic, and pepper, and fried them. It was appetizing work. "They looked and smelled ju