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Dangers of Disclosure

By Ruth Williams | April 25, 2012

Editors at PLoS Medicine suggest that merely disclosing conflicts of interest is insufficient and possibly even counterproductive.

A bean bug, and its digestive system, showing where the symbiotic bacteria live. Kikuchi et al

Bacterial Insecticide Resistance

By Ed Yong | April 23, 2012

By cultivating detoxifying bacteria in its gut, a pest called the bean bug can become instantly resistant to a common insecticide.

Skin test for tuberculosisWikimedia Commons, CDC Public Health Image Library

Opinion: A TB Vaccine Blueprint

By Michael J. Brennan and Jelle Thole | April 23, 2012

With 12 new tuberculosis vaccines in clinical development, a plan is needed to introduce the most effective ones throughout the world.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusCDC, Janice Haney Carr

Jumping Gene Linked to MRSA Spread

By Megan Scudellari | April 23, 2012

A once rare mobile genetic element could be the cause of a MRSA epidemic in Chinese hospitals.

Wikimedia Commons, Chaval Brasil

New Target for Aspirin

By Sabrina Richards | April 20, 2012

New work on salicylate, a natural component of aspirin, suggests that activation of the energy-sensing AMP kinase may underlie some of aspirin’s health benefits.

Wikimedia Commons, Christoph Bock (Max Planck Institute for Informatics)

Synthetic Genetic Evolution

By Ruth Williams | April 19, 2012

Scientists show that manmade nucleic acids can replicate and evolve, ushering in a new era in synthetic biology.

Christian Ethier and Lee Miller

Brain Controls Paralyzed Muscles

By Ed Yong | April 18, 2012

A new system decodes brain signals from the motor cortex of monkeys and translates them into basic arm movements, despite temporary paralysis.

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Opinion: Data to Knowledge to Action

By Eugene Kolker and Elizabeth Stewart | April 18, 2012

Introducing DELSA Global, a community initiative to connect experts, share data, and democratize science.

The yellowfever mosquito Aedes aegyptiWikimedia Commons, CDC, James Gathany

Fungus Thwarts Dengue

By Harvey Black | April 16, 2012

A mosquito-killing fungus shows promise as an effective dengue-control agent.

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Take Our 2012 Salary Survey

By The Scientist Staff | April 16, 2012

Got 5 minutes? Help us compile the most current salary data for life scientists.