Stories by Christine Soares

A protein borrowed from the rabies virus gets a drug to where it is needed

Seeing if the public is ready for personal genetic information

Paternity shocker: marmoset twins pass on each other's genes

Silent mutations are not so silent after all

Healthy tissue may inadvertently call in tumors

A mutant mouse army to battle disease

Understanding the workings of a key protein may presage treatments

Bacteria take toxic bullets aimed at human cells

Send good vibrations, but keep it to yourself

Making the yellow fever vaccine fight other germs

A combination of public health measures and technology raises hope for the flu fight

Atomic tests allow carbon dating of baby boomers

Changing muscle into bone and regrowing organs could be the fruits of work on "dedifferentiation"

Adult stem cells may escape the ethical controversies of their embryonic counterparts, but as Christine Soares notes, their practical clinical value is far more murky

Problems with contamination and genetic abnormalities may not stop work on embryonic stem cell therapies

Revving up the body's own stem cells could be the simplest route to new therapies

Buying time to arm for a pandemic is possible--maybe

Politics slow polio's eradication--and cause it to spread

Not much at the moment, thinks biologist Kevin de Queiroz, but names could be made to reflect our modern understanding of life's origins and complexity

Growing replacement organs is still a long way off