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Studies in Science and PNAS may overturn dogma of genetically programmed fates for gonadal cells

Upcoming report says Research Councils don?t do a good job of sharing fruits of research with the larger community

More feedback from our readers about a columnist?s cry to abandon the ?three Rs? in animal research

A handful of nations seek a ban even in countries where the research is legal

Committee of politicians says something must be done to strengthen oversight of university science

Researchers clone transgenic pigs that produce high levels of fatty acids found in oily fish

Apparent absence of toxicity and persistence of silencing may bode well for humans

Organisms used one of four basic types of metabolic networks after oxygen appeared on Earth

Nonconserved, noncoding regulatory sequences could be new mutation targets

New report shows UK scientists have higher impact in pre-clinical and biological research

Reactions to a recent news story calling for a journal to retract antivivisectionist papers

Scientists say data are too preliminary to determine whether or not the vaccine actually works