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Fine-Feathered Find
The discovery of a feather-covered dinosaur in Northern China raises questions
not only about the origins of birds, but about the nature of dinosaurs themselves.
4/25/01
Farmageddon: Foot and Mouth
The epidemic is already beginning to cause significant social and economic hardship.
Will the US be next?
3/25/01
New Branch on Family Tree
A 3.5 million year-old hominid skull recently discovered in Kenya could lead
to a major rethink of mankind's earliest origins. 3/21/01
Human Genome The historic
publication of the human genome sequence in two leading science journals, Science
and Nature, on Charles Darwin's birthday, offers a new and improved road map
of the genetic structure of Homo Sapiens. 2/12/01
Burger Bug With the
genome sequence of a killer bacteria now known, researchers expect to learn
much more about the pathogenesis and prevention of food-bournedisease. 1/25/01
Magic Mushrooms A
interesting collection of toxic chemicals isolated from poisonous toadstools
appear to have potent tumor killing abilities, even against those resistant
to standard chemotherapy.
Nobel Brain Power Three
neuroscientists will share this year's Nobel Prize for medicine for their pioneering
studies of neurotransmitters, research that led the way to a better understanding
of neurological diseases and the developments of treatments for Parkinson's
disease and depression. (10/10/00)
Lying
Eyes New research presented at the annual meeting of the American
Academy of Neurology suggests we often miss obvious facial clues that might
help distinguish fact from fiction. . (5/5/00)
Tasteful Research The
identification of genes associated with the bitter element of the sense of taste
could lead to everything from better tasting medicines to better, safer pesticides.
(4/5/00)
Reversing Dumbification
A Cornell researcher, noting an alarming trend toward 'dumbing down' of textbooks,
proposes a new strategy . (2/24/00)
Genomic Strategies Researchers
are developing new strategies to more quickly identify those genes and gene
products from Human Genome Project data that may have therapeutic potential.
(2/19/00)
Putting Prions to Work
Prions, the villainous protein-like particles associated with BSE, also known
as "Mad Cow Disease", and its human counterpart, Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD),
now appear to offer promise as a valuable tool for molecular biological research.
(1/28/00)
Genetic Minimalism
The discovery of the minimum numbers of genes required to produce a living organism
will make it possible for scientiists to create new life forms from scratch,
a prospect likely to spur considerable ethical debate. (12/10/99)
Chromosome 22
As this century draws to a close, the first complete sequencing of a human chromosome
is likely to be a gift to researchers that will keep on giving well into the
next. (12/1/99)
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