Stories by Deborah Erickson

Intercepted Messages

New biotechnology drugs target intracellular communication

Diagnosis by DNA

DNA-sequencing methods show clinical promise

Silver Lining

The Hole Story

Fine-pore membranes remove viruses from biological drugs

Underground Allies

Hot Potato

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

Sea Sick

Marine mammals are a barometer of ocean health

Material Help

Bioengineers produce versions of body tissues

Doomsday Diagnostic?

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

Sensible Biology

Machine Vision

New ways for the image makers to invent reality

Getting Agricultural Biotech off the RAC

Genes to Order

Companies queue up to realize the promise of gene therapy

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...

It's a Wrap

Tiny spheres may make oral delivery of proteins a reality

A Better Red

Another candidate in the search for a blood substitute

Growing Strong

Biotechnology's new wave hopes that being first will payoff

Beyond Sympathy

Growth factors may help heal stubborn wounds