
Intercepted Messages
New biotechnology drugs target intracellular communication

Intercepted Messages
New biotechnology drugs target intracellular communication

Diagnosis by DNA
DNA-sequencing methods show clinical promise

Hot Potato
Will safety questions curb public appetite for gene-spliced food?

Silver Lining

The Hole Story
Fine-pore membranes remove viruses from biological drugs

Underground Allies

Sea Sick
Marine mammals are a barometer of ocean health

Doomsday Diagnostic?
A precursor protein may predict the risk for Alzheimer's disease

Material Help
Bioengineers produce versions of body tissues

Machine Vision
New ways for the image makers to invent reality

Sensible Biology

Genes to Order
Companies queue up to realize the promise of gene therapy

Getting Agricultural Biotech off the RAC

Relative Lightweights
Plastics replace silica to make lower-cost aerogels

Demonic Toxin
A new shellfish toxin threatens fisheries

Hacking the Genome
The masses of information written in human DNA are being translated into the precise ones and zeros of computer code. The choices made now will determine whether the genome project is a font for future discovery or a binary junkyard of data.

A Better Red
Another candidate in the search for a blood substitute

It's a Wrap
Tiny spheres may make oral delivery of proteins a reality

Growing Strong
Biotechnology's new wave hopes that being first will payoff

Beyond Sympathy
Growth factors may help heal stubborn wounds

Brain, Food
Drugs based on neuropeptides may soon treat eating disorders

Sustainable Jobs
Green work will be different, but there might be more of it

Skinside Out
Drug delivery in reverse could be a diabetic's boon

Plastic for the '90s
Some clever chemistry churns out a new polymer