Clocking Cultures
What is time? The answer varies from society to society
Stories by Carol Ezzell
A Biomedical Politician
Detractors initially worried that he might be a White House shill, but Elias A. Zerhouni says his medical thinking guides his stewardship of the National Institutes of Health
The Price of Pills
Does it really take $897 million for a new therapy?
The Race Card
Does an HIV vaccine work differently in various races?
Ma's Eyes, Not Her Ways
Clones can vary in behavioral--and physical--traits
Why? The Neuroscience of Suicide: Physical Clues to Suicide
New research addresses the wrenching question left when someone ends his or her own life
This article appears in the In-Depth Report Genius, Suicide and Mental Illness: Insights into a Deep Connection
Fixing Food
Allergen-free comestibles might be on the way
Fixing Food
Allergen-free comestibles might be on the way
Clocking Cultures
What is time? The answer varies from society to society
Killing the Messenger
Turning off RNA could thwart cancer and AIDS
The Child Within
Stem cells from adults may not be so useful after all
Hope in a Vial
Will there be an AIDS vaccine anytime soon?
Proteins Rule
Biotech's latest mantra is "proteomics," as it focuses on how dynamic networks of human proteins control cells and tissues
The First Human Cloned Embryo
Cloned early-stage human embryos--and human embryos generated only from eggs, in a process called parthenogenesis--now put therapeutic cloning within reach
Stem Cell Showstopper?
Without Cloning, They Aren't Likely To Work
Cloning and the Law
Will therapeutic cloning end up being against the law?
The Himba and the Dam
A questionable act of progress may drown this African tribe's way of life. Similar dramas are playing out around the world
The $13-Billion Man
Why the head of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute could be the most powerful individual in biomedicine.
Hooking up Biologists
Consortia are forming to sort out a common cyberlanguage for life science
