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Scandals in Biomedical Research Fraudulent data published to substantiate the effectiveness of Merck & Co.’s painkiller Vioxx and stem cell line production in South Korea have undermined the public’s trust. Are unethical cases in ... Read more |
Small RNA, Big Potential for Treating HCV The estimated 170 million people infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been living with limited medical options. There is no cure for HCV, and today’s therapies work in only ... Read more |
Controlling Metastatic Cancer The majority of cancer deaths occur when cancer cells spread from a localized tumor to other parts of the body during a process called metastasis. Investigations into the mechanisms of ... Read more |
Spying on the Grim Reaper Apoptosis is a normal physiological process of programmed cell death or “cell suicide” that eliminates damaged or stressed cells. Errors in apoptosis are involved in approximately 70% of human diseases ... Read more |
Personalized Medicine It is estimated that over 106,000 people die every year because they are given the wrong dose of medicine. Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are a signifcant problem in today’s health ... Read more |
Everyone Counts According to a 2007 report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, “16,119 species of animals and plants are threatened with extinction and many ecosystems – wetlands, forests ... Read more |
The Invisible Polluter The next time you reach for that bottle of Advil or that cup of coffee as you try to fend off an on-setting headache and to gain a few more ... Read more |
Discovering Cellular Immortality The concept of immortality has intrigued mankind since the very beginning. From the first major literary work, the Epic of Gilgamesh, to the Bible and other religious texts to modern ... Read more |
Biochemistry Genius Uncovered Over a span of nine days in September, Stanford Associate Professor of Biochemistry Pehr Harbury was awarded two grants guaranteeing him no less than $3 million in research money for ... Read more |
When Immune Systems Attack We are surrounded by microbes bent on using us as their own incubators. Our only defense is our immune system. Without the intricately woven meshwork of defenders, our bodies would ... Read more |
The Link between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease What does Down Syndrome have in common with Alzheimer’s disease? Down Syndrome is a common genetic disorder that causes delayed physical and cognitive development from birth. It affects over 3... Read more |
Open Source Drug Development Share and you’ll succeed. This is the motto for the open source software movement that started in the 1990s. It is characterized by the free sharing of software to a ... Read more |
The Cost of TB Resistance For most people, coughing and sneezing may rarely be acknowledged beyond a perfunctory “bless you”, but these symptoms are very serious for patients suffering from tuberculosis. Often thought of as ... Read more |
Unraveling the Genetics of Colon Cancer In the 9.3 minutes it takes you to skim through this magazine, one person in the United States will have died from colon cancer. According to the American Cancer Society's ... Read more |
RAMPART Seizure Study A mother holds her child’s shoulder helplessly as he shakes uncontrollably on the grass. The child is in Status Epilepticus—his brain’s neurons are generating a storm of electrical signals, causing ... Read more |
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