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Mesenchymal stem cell. Wikimedia Commons, Ghanson

Bioethics Backlash

By Sabrina Richards | February 22, 2012

Bioethicists debate how to remain impartial as a bioethics journal editor joins a company that peddles unproven stem cell therapies.

Wikimedia Commons, Fish & Wildlife Service, John and Karen Hollingsworth

How Tigers Get Their Stripes

By Bob Grant | February 22, 2012

For the first time researchers have demonstrated the molecular tango that gives rise to repeating patterns in developing animal embryos.

Google Inc., Wikimedia Commons

Googling Hydrogen Bonds

By Megan Scudellari | February 21, 2012

Chemists apply Google software to the study of molecules.

Flickr, Images_of_Money

Top Earners Under Review by NIH

By Cristina Luiggi | February 21, 2012

Researchers with millions of grant dollars may face greater scrutiny by the funding agency.

Scientists who published in Science about sockeye salmon declines were denied media interviews by the Canadian government. Flickr, USFWS Pacific

Canadian Scientists “Muzzled”

By Hannah Waters | February 21, 2012

Governmental red tape blocks scientists from discussing their research with journalists, according to an open letter.

Flickr, KB35

Teenage Tourrette’s Outbreak?

By Edyta Zielinska | February 20, 2012

School-district officials in northwestern New York State are puzzled by a spate of high school students reporting symptoms of the neuropsychiatric disorder.

The drug delivery device (on right) next to an everyday computer memory stick. Courtesy of MicroCHIPS, Inc., Massachusetts

Wireless Drug Chip

By Jef Akst | February 20, 2012

The world’s first programmable drug-delivery chip passes the test, accurately and safely delivering an osteoporosis drug.

Wikimedia Commons, TheBrain

Alzheimer’s Drugs Harmful?

By Bob Grant | February 20, 2012

The researcher who helped develop an Alzheimer’s treatment now in clinical trials warns that the compound may actually impair memory.

Bayaka family in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wikimedia Commons, L. Petheram/USAID

Citizen Science’s New Wave

By Sabrina Richards | February 17, 2012

Scientists are getting more citizens than ever involved in research projects that could impact their communities.

Two papers describe mutations in the H5N1 virus that make it transmissible between ferrets Jeff Weiss, Wikimedia Commons

Experts Debate H5N1 Research

By Megan Scudellari | February 17, 2012

A 2-day meeting may decide how much and which parts of 2 controversial H5N1 flu studies will be published.