06/11/2007

Research team makes progress toward 'printing' organs

Each year, pharmaceutical companies invest millions of dollars to test drugs, many of which will never reach the market because of side effects found only during human clinical trials. At the same time, the number of patients ...

A sex-ratio meiotic drive system in Drosophila simulans

If you met a person who had 10 children, all of whom were girls, you would probably find this surprising. Yet this kind of distorted sex ratio does occur in groups as diverse as mammals, insects, and plants, where some parents ...

University of Texas gets $1 million gift

The University of Texas at Austin will create a chair dedicated to developing peaceful ways to ensure technology and science do not endanger global security.

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