News

  1. Materials Science

    Technique may yield vocal cord stand-in

    A plastic material used in some biological implants could someday form a foundation for tissue that can repair or replace human vocal cords.

    By Sid Perkins

  2. Good taste in men linked to colon risks

    Men with exceptionally sensitive powers of taste may face extra health risks, such as colon cancer.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    HIV in breast milk can be drug resistant

    HIV-positive women who receive the drug nevirapine during pregnancy often have HIV that is resistant to the drug in their breast milk after they give birth.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Designer RNA stalls hepatitis in mice

    Using strips of synthetic RNA that interfere with normal gene action, scientists working with mice have stopped the progression of hepatitis.