A major initiative is launched to try and identify the genetic basis of autism.

A computational technique that finds foreign gene sequences in human tissues could identify pathogens that cause chronic diseases.

Pregnant women exposed to high levels of air pollution have increased likelihood of neonatal cardiac defects.

Ischaemic injury can prompt increased neuroglobin production and a reduction in hypoxia.

Analysis of gene function in radiation exposed yeast cells reveals many more cellular pathways are affected than previously thought.

Identification of the components of the anthrax toxin holds out hope for the rational drug design of a new generation of antibiotics.

The age at which a woman becomes pregnant could influence whether she subsequently develops breast cancer.

An international consortium of scientists from a number of disciplines have been brought together to investigate how cells move.

Tire-kicking chemists and serious buyers as well will find themselves amidst a swarm of new technologles, products, and services at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Los Angeles. Products on display at the ACS's national exposition—which will be open during the first four days (September 25 to 28) of the six-day meeting—will represent about 250 companies and organizations, and will range in complexity from books and catalogs, to filters and grinding mills, to software

A graphics supercomputer that for the first time combines high-speed computation, three-dimensional graphics, and molecular modeling and simulation software in a single interactive system was introduced last week at the American Chemical Society’s 3rd Chemical Congress in Toronto. The Molecular Simulator, targeted at biochemists, was jointly developed by hardware supplier Ardent Computer Corp. and software developer RioDesign, Inc. It can model and analyze the chemical structures of prot

Removing nucleic acid and protein samples from electrophoresis gels can take five to 48 hours-when the process succeeds at all. Standard recovery methods often lose much of the sample, contaminate it, or recover a small, amount in a large volume of buffer. Now Sample Saver, a new product from Accurate Chemical & Scientific Corp., allows the user to leach out the sample in one to two hours. The apparatus is based on an electrode bath. Between the positive and negative electrodes is a rotating