Abstract: The skin is man's largest organ. It weighs almost 5 kilograms and covers a surface of almost 2 square meters. It fulf...
Abstract: For most of us, flu doesn't seem very serious——a few days feeling awful, maybe a couple of days in bed and that's ove...
Abstract: Need a new heart or liver? Science is making spare parts for humans. The whole idea of tissue engineering is how do y...
Abstract: Biological warfare was an ominous specter in America throughout the Cold War, but pretty safely kept under wraps by b...
Abstract: We spend billions a year fighting fat. But are we fighting our own genome? If we can find genes that contribute to th...
Abstract: For centuries' isolation, disease, feuds and disasters limited variation in Iceland's gene pool. In 1995, more people...
Abstract: The human being is a marvel. Modern medicine strives to use Mother Nature as its model. But can we ever hope to be ab...
Abstract: In Scotland, moon, myth and the sea determine the way of life. We are only beginning to rediscover the influence of t...
Abstract: Children are our future, and of course we want the best for them: the best medical care, healthy generotype, ideal pa...
Abstract: For the drug industry, it is an especially lengthy and expensive process and they say it is the major reason drugs co...
Abstract: Today science is turning the power of the brain upon itself to probe elusive mysteries of human consciousness. A neur...
Abstract: If bees were gone we'd miss all that honey. The United States produces 200 million pounds of honey every year. But fa...
Abstract: Humans have evolved to have a preference for sweet things. We have a "sweet tooth" because we need sugars to provide ...
Abstract: Gene detectives are tracking down a killer, one that has decimated our beautiful old oak trees. It's not a simple mat...
Abstract: Sixty years ago, Japanese army scinetists experimented with an organic paste that glowed softly in the dark. They pla...
Abstract: To live without sight is an enormous struggle. The world is a place that can only be experienced through other senses...
Abstract: The body is an art form. With the latest technology at scientists'disposal, artificial limbs, or prostheses, are beco...
Abstract: There is no doubt about it——medicines have made our lives better. Talk to anyone around the globe remembers the first...
Abstract: It's commonly estimated that up to 60% to 70% of America's processed foods contain some product of genetic engineerin...
Abstract: At the beginning of 1980s, United States' Centers for Disease Control were receiving increasing reports of mysterious...