Stories by Barbara Juncosa

Tests using floating nucleic acids could diagnose disease, monitor pregnancy and weed out "mad" cows

Doctors could flip a genetic switch to restore fetal hemoglobin production to temper effects of this blood disorder

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are urging companies to broaden their carbon footprint calculations

Scientists envisage unmanned labs on the floor of the ocean to conduct experiments and monitor climate change

First a U.S. girl--and now two South American kids survive onset of the deadly virus

Also Updates on brown fat, diabetes and methane from grass

Chance disaster as a bigger extinction threat than once thought

Healthy aging may be possible with some genetic help

Study in mice could shed light on common type of cancer in men

Researchers stave off premature heart failure in mice with genetic disorder

New study shows that H. pylori may not be all bad

Climate change seems to be starving some waters of oxygen

Some Asian patients may fall through the cracks when risk-assessment models ignore their particular genetic characteristics

Scientists may have hit on a way to diminish heart attack toll as well as stave off effects of Alzheimer's and other ills

New research indicates parents may pass on the infection to their kids in their genetic material

Two genes that up the risk of IBD in kids offer new therapy targets

Also: The New Stone Age; Mountain Climbing Trees; Location Influences Voters; and Martian Hit-and-Run

Investors are still keen to buy stocks and funds that are ecologically friendly

Peppers fingered as salmonella culprits; Does soy lower sperm count?; Robot surveillance dragonfly takes flight; and more …

Resistance to ciprofloxacin has emerged in people without access to the antibiotic, but who have taken a related antimalarial

Helicobacter bacteria in stomach lining during childhood years may help stave off asthma and allergies