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Vital Signs: How Do You Treat a Watermelon in the Belly?
02.08.2010 Early diagnosis and a fruit of modern medicine keeps a killer at bay.
by Tony Dajer
Can an Injection Break a Cocaine Addiction?
The drug "vaccination" takes away the high, so users have little reason to use. 02.05.2010
The Intellectual Property Fight That Could Kill Millions
The hothouse environment of Indonesia is ground zero for a potential bird flu pandemic. But a fight over ownership of flu genes is blocking the efforts to track deadly infections on the move. 01.28.2010
#42: Scientists Watch Pathogens as They Cause Infection
New imaging techniques show viruses and bacteria in action. 01.26.2010
#36: Diarrhea Vaccine Could Save Millions
Tagging the E. coli toxin with a larger molecule could allow the immune system to fight it off. 01.26.2010
#1: Vaccine Phobia Becomes a Public-Health Threat
Autism research is progressing quickly, but without a solid diagnosis, some still blame vaccines. 01.25.2010
#4: Stem Cell Science Takes Off
Obama brought a big policy improvement, and researchers made big leaps with the science. 01.25.2010
#6: Swine Flu Outbreak Sweeps the Globe
A scary build-up leads to a mostly mild conclusion. 01.25.2010
#11: The Age of Genetic Medicine Begins
After years of setbacks and failures, gene therapy begins to produce some viable cures. 01.25.2010
#13: Hope for HIV Vaccine
In the unforgiving world of AIDS vaccines, even a modestly protective effect is big news. 01.25.2010
#17: The Common Cold Is Decoded
And now we have a potential target: parts of the genome that are found within all 100 strains of sequenced cold viruses. 01.25.2010
#25: Skip a Meal, Extend Your Life
Life-long calorie restriction seems to lead to longer lives. 01.25.2010
#26: Biologist J. Craig Venter
The pioneering scientist/entrepreneur on biology's next leap: digitally designed life-forms that could produce novel drugs, renewable fuels, and plentiful food for tomorrow’s world. 01.25.2010
#27: Genetic Disease Cured Using Cellular Shell Game
By swapping some of one mother's genes for another, an offspring can end up without birth defects (but with two mothers). 01.25.2010
#29: Richer Nations Can Expect Another Baby Boom
The most developed countries seem to reverse a trend of decreasing fertility. 01.25.2010
Numbers: Water, From Precipitation to Irrigation to Sanitation
01.23.2010
Field Notes: Meddling With Mosquito Romance in the Name of Public Healt
The duets sung by male and female mosquitoes are a critical part of their mating ritual. If researchers can master mosquito music, they may be able to abort a whole generation of disease-carriers. 01.20.2010
Treating Agony With Ecstasy
In the first FDA-approved trial evaluating the street drug's therapeutic applications, it proved phenomenally successful at treating PTSD. 01.13.2010
3 Faces of Eve
Our reporter tries out a trio of genetic tests to find out what they can tell her about her identity and her ancestry. 01.11.2010
5 Questions: The Developing World's Disease Fighter
Jose Gomez-Marquez finds new vaccine technologies that work in the lab and in the real world. 01.09.2010
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Digestion
#15: In which painful condition does your body literally start eating yourself from within? 01.07.2010
