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'Ethical' routes to stem cells highlight political divide

scientific article published in Nature

A crucial test

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

A tragic setback

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

A votre santé: now in pill form?

scientific article published in Nature

AIDS drug price hike prompts calls for intervention

scientific article

AIDS meeting urged to rethink prevention strategy

scientific article published in Nature

AIDS research cut to pay for anthrax vaccine

scientific article published in Nature

AIDS researchers seek criteria for vaccines ⬇️

scientific article published on May 8, 2003

AIDS vaccines: back to 'plan A'.

scientific article published in June 2003

Abbott's AIDS fight-back

scientific article published in Nature

Absence of promised bioterror committee worries researchers

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Accrued HIV evidence turns treatment dogma on its head

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Activists and researchers rally behind AIDS drug for mothers

scientific article published in December 2004

Activists angry at fallout from AIDS drug trial allegations

scientific article published in March 2005

After decades of drought, new drug possibilities flood TB pipeline

article by Erika Check published March 2007 in Nature Medicine

After the flood

scientific article published in Nature

Aid agencies predict victory for HIV unless cash crisis is solved

scientific article published in July 2004

All parties on edge as NIH delays open-access briefing

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Altered embryos offered as solution to stem-cell rift

scientific article published in July 2005

Alternative therapies leave US commission divided.

scientific article

Analysis highlights suicide risk of antidepressants

scientific article

Anger mounts over cutbacks at US army pathology lab

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Anthrax case provokes doubt among experts

scientific article published in August 2002

Antidepressant reputation falls to new lows

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Antidepressants: bitter pills

scientific article published in September 2004

Are rich nations up for drug reform?

scientific article published in Nature

Army HIV vaccine to undergo clinical trial as rival is halted

scientific article published in Nature

Avian flu special: is this our best shot?

scientific article published in May 2005

BSE in human tissue fires debate on patient disclosure

scientific article published in Nature

Bad Boys question received wisdom on HIV

scientific article published in Nature

Bank wants money back from troubled chimp facility

scientific article published in January 2002

Battle of the mind

scientific article published in March 2003

Beef blockade greets first mad cow in United States

scientific article published in Nature

Big money for cancer genomics

scientific article

BioShield defence programme set to fund anthrax vaccine

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Biodefence plans earn lukewarm response from US academics

scientific article published in Nature

Biodefence project accused of violating weapons treaty

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Biodefence: ploughshares into swords

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Biologists apprehensive over US moves to censor information flow

scientific article published in Nature

Biologists asked to breed a culture of responsibility in face of terrorism

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Biologists disappointed as NIH budget falls flat

journal article; published in Nature on 2003-6

Biologists forced to reassess embryo test

journal article; published in Nature on 2005-10-19

Biologists seek blueprint for international stem-cell effort

scientific article published on January 2003

Biologists seek consensus on guidelines for stem-cell research

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Biologists wary that cash up front could mean cuts later

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Biology hogs the science budget, senator complains

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Biomedical funding remains flat

article by Erika Check published 1 February 2006 in Nature

Biomedical institute suffers growing pains

scientific article published in Nature

Biomedical philanthropy: love or money

scientific article

Biomedical research: facing the opposition

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Biomedicine to sell itself as a local hero

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Biophysicist named to run basic-research arm of NIH.

scientific article published in August 2003

Biotech critic tries to sew up research on chimaeras

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Bioterror tester kits trouble federal agencies

scientific article

Bioweapons initiatives bogged down in talks

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Bird flu not set for pandemic, says US team

scientific article published in August 2006

Bird flu: on border patrol

scientific article published in July 2006

Body identified as missing biologist ⬇️

scientific article published on January 3, 2002

Boom, or bust?

scientific article published in December 2003

Brain-scan ethics come under the spotlight

scientific article published in January 2005

Bush accused of power abuse over science

scientific article published in Nature

Bush pressured as Nancy Reagan pleads for stem-cell research

scientific article published in May 2004

Bush rallies opposition to cloning

scientific article published in Nature

Bush sacks outspoken biologist from ethics council

scientific article published in March 2004

Bush's advisers lean towards ban on research cloning

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Bush's budget boost puts NIH on target for doubled figures

scientific article published in Nature

California campuses resist industry restrictions

scientific article

Call for cloning ban splits UN.

scientific article

Canada rings the changes for study of northern birds

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Canada stops Harvard's oncomouse in its tracks

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Canadian government pushed to protect land

scientific article published in Nature

Cancer atlas maps out sample worries

scientific article published in Nature

Cancer fears cast doubts on future of gene therapy

scientific article published on February 2003

Cancer fears cast doubts on future of gene therapy

scientific article published in Nature

Cancer risk prompts US to curb gene therapy

scientific article published in March 2003

Cardiologists take heart from stem-cell treatment success

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

Celebrity genomes alarm researchers

scientific article published in May 2007

Charges over computing project may set precedent

scientific article published in Nature

Clone star admits lies over eggs

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Cloning agenda 'skewed' by media frenzy

scientific article

Cloning special: Dolly: a hard act to follow

scientific article published in February 2007

Congress may force drug firms to reveal clinical trial data

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Consumers warned that time is not yet ripe for nutrition profiling ⬇️

scientific article published on November 13, 2003

Cowrie study strikes a blow for traditional taxonomy

scientific article published in December 2005

Crashing DNA's ultraconservative party

scientific article published in Nature

Criticism swells against AIDS program's abstinence policy

scientific article published on 26 April 2007

DNA lab welcomes Dalai Lama to Tibetan science community ⬇️

scientific article published on September 25, 2003

David versus Goliath

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Deal paves way for Congress vote on stem-cell rules

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Democrats condemn government 'meddling' with NIH ⬇️

scientific article published on October 30, 2003

Depression: comfortably numb

scientific article published in October 2006

Diabetes trial stirs debate on safety of xenotransplants

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Disgraced cloner's ally is cleared of misconduct

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Dispatches from the front line

scientific article published in December 2004

Doctors battle to contain AIDS epidemic as unrest engulfs Haiti

scientific article published in Nature

Draft mouse genome makes public debut

scientific article

Drop in HIV infection rate used to justify focus on morality

scientific article published in February 2006

Drug suicide risks prompt call for FDA action

scientific article published in February 2004

Election fever inflames the US stem-cell debate

scientific article published in Nature

Environmental impact tops list of fears about transgenic animals

scientific article published in Nature

Ethicists and biologists ponder the price of eggs

scientific article published in August 2006

Ethicists urge caution over emotive power of brain scans

scientific article published in May 2005

Ethics accusations spark rapid reaction from NIH chief

scientific article

Ethics council calls for probe into assisted reproduction

scientific article

Expert panel retreats from major restructuring in blueprint for NIH

scientific article published in Nature

Faster still and faster

scientific article published in Nature

Fight against terror 'needs science institute'

scientific article published in Nature

Firm sets sights on gene silencing to protect vision

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Five-year grant gets bird database off to a flying start

scientific article published in Nature

Florida courts German life-sciences institute.

scientific article

Flu gene discovery prompts calls for tighter monitoring

scientific article published in February 2005

Food panel calls for beefed up response to mad cow disease

scientific article published in Nature

Fresh analyses put rice genomics on the map

article by Erika Check published 1 November 2002 in Nature

From hive minds to humans

scientific article published in October 2006

Future funds in doubt as asteroid project wins short reprieve ⬇️

scientific article published on January 3, 2002

Future of the NIH may lie in restructuring, committee told

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Gene regulation: RNA to the rescue?

article published in 2003

Gene study raises fears for three-parent babies.

scientific article

Gene therapists hopeful as trials resume with childhood disease

scientific article published in June 2004

Gene therapists urged to learn more immunology

scientific article published in Nature

Gene therapy put on hold as third child develops cancer

scientific article

Gene therapy: shining hopes dented - but not dashed

scientific article published in December 2002

Gene-therapy trials to restart following cancer risk review

scientific article

Generic drugs allowed in global trial of AIDS therapy

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Genetic expression speaks as loudly as gene type

scientific article (publication date: 2007)

Geneticists chip away at unruly data

scientific article published in January 2004

Geneticists study chimp-human divergence

scientific article published in March 2004

Genetics: the X factor

scientific article published in March 2005

Genome project turns up evolutionary surprises

scientific article published in Nature

Genomics institute rejects Venter's streamlining plan

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Genomics luminary weighs in on US faith debate.

scientific article

Global AIDS trial denied patients as US balks at generic drug use

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Global health agency split over potential anti-terrorism duties

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Global vaccine project gets a shot in the arm

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Grads rally round student in Toronto harassment case

scientific article published in December 2004

Gut warfare

scientific article published on 31 January 2007

HIV drug resistance triggers strategic switch.

scientific article

HIV prevention trials in danger of grinding to a standstill

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

HIV trial doomed by design, say critics

scientific article published in July 2007

HIV vaccine research a shot in the arm for immunologists

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Harmful potential of viral vectors fuels doubts over gene therapy

scientific article published in June 2003

Harvard heralds fresh take on systems biology ⬇️

scientific article published on October 2, 2003

Health chiefs poised to step up US scrutiny of microbe research ⬇️

scientific article published on October 16, 2003

Health concerns prompt US review of exotic-pet trade

scientific article published in January 2004

Health minister ignites row over drugs for HIV mothers

scientific article

Health secretary under attack over centralization plan

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Heightened security after flu scare sparks biosafety debate

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Help flies in for human genome

scientific article published in May 2007

Homeland science chief wants quick fixes ⬇️

scientific article published on May 8, 2003

Hopes rise for RNA therapy as mouse study hits target

scientific article published in November 2004

How Africa learned to love the cow

scientific article published in Nature

Huge study of children aims to get the dirt on development

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Human genome: patchwork people

scientific article published in October 2005

Hunt for AIDS vaccine tackles genomes

scientific article published in June 2006

Hurricane Katrina: left behind.

scientific article

Immunology: Pimp my antibody

scientific article published in Nature

It's the junk that makes us human

scientific article published in November 2006

Jefferson's descendants continue to deny slave link

scientific article published in May 2002

Journals tighten up on biosecurity

scientific article

Journals tighten up on biosecurity

Korea's accelerating stem-cell work prompts calls for global ethical rules

scientific article published in May 2005

Korean scandal will have global fallout

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Koreans admit disguising stem-cell lines

scientific article published in June 2006

Labs urged to pre-empt bioterrorism threat

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Large genomic differences explain our little quirks

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Law sends laboratories into pathogen panic

scientific article

Light shed on battle against HIV

scientific article published in Nature

Link from hygiene to allergies gains support

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Locals rally to combat biodefence labs

scientific article published in Nature

Look out for rough drafts of mammal genomes

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Low US participation clouds AIDS meeting

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Mad cow's standing puts downer on testing strategy.

scientific article published in February 2004

Make way for monkeys

scientific article published in Nature

Malta provides loophole for breast-cancer screen

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Mix and match: the hunt for what makes us human

scientific article published in September 2006

Monkey smallpox trial suspended over painkiller use

scientific article published in Nature

More biologists but tenure stays static

More biologists but tenure stays static

scientific article published in Nature

Mouse opens door for study of autoimmune diseases

scientific article

Multiple copies of a mystery gene may make us human

article

NIH 'roadmap' charts course to tackle big research issues ⬇️

scientific article published on October 2, 2003

NIH acts to quench ‘conflict of interest’ allegations

scientific article published in Nature

NIH faces action over HIV cat study

scientific article published in January 2002

NIH head looks to the 'biomedical century'

scientific article published in Nature

NIH open-access plans draw fire from both sides

scientific article published in February 2005

NIH ponders issues of scale in protein push

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

NIH urged to rewrite rules on consultancies

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

National Academies launch grants for interdisciplinary work

scientific article published in Nature

National academies slam Bush proposal for data security

scientific article

Natural disasters: roots of recovery

scientific article

Need for vaccine stocks questioned ⬇️

scientific article published on December 13, 2001

Nerve inflammation halts trial for Alzheimer's drug

scientific article published in January 2002

New York draws fire over case of drug-resistant HIV.

scientific article published in February 2005

New methods suggest AIDS toll lower than estimated

scientific article published on 30 October 2006

Odd epidemic injects shot of doubt about mumps vaccine

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Outcry greets US plan to test smallpox vaccine on children

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Panel slated for leniency over study of NIH consulting roles

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Panels' conflicting views cloud legal future of human cloning

scientific article published in January 2002

Papers square up over potential Pulitzer for cancer-centre critics

scientific article published in April 2002

Parkinson's patients show positive response to implants

scientific article published in April 2002

Parkinson's transplant therapy faces setback

scientific article

Patent flurry casts cloud over gene silencing

scientific article published in Nature

Patenting the obvious?

scientific article published in Nature

Pathogen-tracking questioned

scientific article published in December 2002

Pathogen-tracking questioned

journal article; published in Nature, 2002-12

Peers rally in support of accused scientist

scientific article published in September 2003

Peers rally in support of accused scientist

scientific article published in Nature

Petition fails to reverse massive price rise for AIDS drug

scientific article published in Nature

Pioneering HIV treatment would use interference and gene therapy

scientific article

Plague professor gets two years in bioterror case

scientific article published in Nature

Plague trial verdict leaves biologists split on biodefence

scientific article published in Nature

Poliovirus advance sparks fears of data curbs

scientific article published in Nature

Pollution makes for more girls

scholarly article published 17 October 2005

Postdocs show independent spirit

scientific article published in August 2003

Powerful new database pins down emerging infections

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Prion research stepped up as fear grows of deer disease

scientific article published in Nature

Priorities for genome sequencing leave macaques out in the cold

scientific article published in May 2002

Profile: Amir Attaran

scientific article published on 27 July 2006

Protest letter accuses health agency of biodefence bias

scientific article published in March 2005

Psychedelic drugs: the ups and downs of ecstasy

scientific article

RNA interference: hitting the on switch

scientific article

RNA therapy beckons as firms prepare for clinical trials

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

RNA treatment kills mice

Radiologist in the picture for top job at NIH.

scientific article

Regulators split on gene therapy as patient shows signs of cancer

scientific article published in October 2002

Report backs Smithsonian research

scientific article

Retracted papers damage work on DNA repair

scientific article published in June 2005

Retraction signals end of cell-biology debate

scientific article published in February 2004

Rival genetics projects build bridges

scientific article published in Nature

Rockefeller head quits as scandal looms

scientific article published in Nature

Running before we can walk?

scientific article published in Nature

Safety panel backs principle of gene-therapy trials

scientific article published in December 2002

Sanctions agreed over teenager's gene-therapy death

scientific article

Scans provide picture of brain activity

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Science feels the pinch as Bush budget targets defence

scientific article published in Nature

Science shares the limelight as election battle enters final phase

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Scientists rethink approach to HIV gels

scientific article published in Nature

Screen test

journal article; published in Nature on 2005-12-07

Second cancer case halts gene-therapy trials

scientific article published in January 2003

Second chance

scientific article published on 29 June 2007

Seed money to bring in pioneers

scientific article

Senate adrift on cloning as talks break down

scientific article published in Nature

Senator boosts chances of stem-cell reform

scientific article published in Nature

Senators square up over cloning

scientific article published in Nature

Seven-year grant offers immune tolerance a boost

scientific article published in Nature

Share slump brings biotech firms to government's door

scientific article published in Nature

Side effects leave smallpox vaccine in limbo

scientific article published in Nature

Simple recipe gives adult cells embryonic powers

scientific article published in July 2006

Sitting in judgement

Snapshot: a night out in the park.

scientific article published in November 2006

Special report: back in the race

Stanford announces private plan to get stem-cell research moving

scientific article published in December 2002

Staying the course

scientific article published in Nature

Stem cells: the hard copy.

scientific article

Stem-cell 'heroes' celebrate a series of breakthroughs

scientific article published in July 2005

Stem-cell brothers divide

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Stem-cell library boosts the case for change

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Stem-cell paper corrected

scientific article published in Nature

Stem-cell research: the rocky road to success

scientific article

Stem-cell researcher's move attracts funding

scientific article

Strike threat over jailed primatologist

scientific article published in Nature

Surgeons seek go-ahead to perform first face transplant

scientific article published in Nature

Synthetic biologists face up to security issues

scientific article published in August 2005

Synthetic biologists try to calm fears

scientific article published in May 2006

Synthetic biology: designs on life

scientific article published in November 2005

Task force set up to combat threat of political interference

scientific article published in Nature

Teachers' group brings genomics revolution to minority colleges

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Terror watchdog set up for ‘dual use’ biology

scientific article published in Nature

The great primate debate

scientific article published in Nature

The real deal

journal article; published in Nature, 2002-12

The real deal

journal article; published in Nature, December 2002

The tiger's retreat

scientific article published in Nature

The virtue of tolerance

scientific article published in Nature

Thompson cedes crown after stormy reign over US health

scientific article published in December 2004

Threat of disease

scientific article published in September 2005

Time runs short for HapMap

scientific article published in Nature

Tissue-sample payments anger lawmakers

scientific article published in Nature

Transparency urged over research payments

Treasure island: pinning down a model ecosystem

scientific article published in January 2006

Trial aims to measure social effects of choosing babies' sex

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Trial analysis questions use of antidepressants in children

scientific article published in Nature

Trial suggests vaccines could aid HIV therapy ⬇️

scientific article published on April 17, 2003

Trio of studies makes headway in HIV battle

scientific article published in Nature

UK cell biologist takes pole position at Rockefeller

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

UK embryo licence draws global attention

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

US army attacked over published patent for 'bioweapons grenade'

scientific article published in Nature

US biologists wary of move to view embryos as human beings

scientific article published in Nature

US calls for early data on transgenic crop safety

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

US debates future of Iraqi scientists ⬇️

scientific article published on April 24, 2003

US experts draw up guidelines for stem-cell research

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

US health officials rally behind bid to relax rules on embryo research

journal article; published in Nature on 2005-04-13

US officials urge biologists to vet publications for bioterror risk

scientific article published in Nature

US policy keeps drugs out of reach in clinical trials abroad

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

US ponders law on genetic discrimination

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

US prepares ground for security clampdown

scientific article published in Nature

US progressives fight for a voice in bioethics

scientific article published in Nature

US urged to provide smallpox vaccines for emergency crews

scientific article published in Nature

Unanimous vote approves tweak to smallpox genome

scientific article published in November 2004

Universities fear repercussions as NIH tunes conflicts policy

scientific article published in Nature

Universities urged to do more for poor nations

scientific article published in Nature

Unlikely partners tackle TB funding woes

scientific article published on 28 February 2007

Vaccine claim lifts company's stock but angers researchers

scientific article published in September 2003

Venter aims for maximum impact with minimal genome

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Victims hit out at university over handling of harassment cases

scientific article published in Nature

WHO calls for vaccine boost to prepare for flu pandemic

scientific article published in November 2004

WHO seeks system for tracking global clinical trials

scientific article published in November 2004

What the chimp means to me.

scientific article published in September 2005

Where now for stem-cell cloners?

scientific article published in December 2005

Will the real Golgi please stand up

scientific article published in Nature

Worm cast in starring role for Nobel prize

scientific article published in October 2002

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