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  1. Fly Genome Creates a Buzz

    Scientists try to make sense of an insect's myriad genes.

    By John Travis
  2. Health & Medicine

    Suspicious DNA: Chromosome study homes in on Alzheimer’s disease

    Several human chromosomes now face intensified scrutiny for possibly harboring genes involved in Alzheimer's disease.

    By Ben Harder

  3. Bdelloids: No sex for over 40 million years

    Researchers find the strongest evidence yet for creatures that have evolved asexually for millions of years.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    Targeted Therapies

    Tailoring prescriptions based on a person's genes may help reduce side effects and allow the development of more personalized medicine.

    By Damaris Christensen

  5. Evolutionary Shocker?

    A specific protein may help plants and animals store genetic variation and release it at times of stress.

    By John Travis
  6. Health & Medicine

    Protein Repair: New compounds may help cells fight off cancer

    Researchers have identified a compound that enables even defective p53 proteins to initiate anticancer chain reactions.

    By Nathan Seppa

  7. Drugs order bacteria to commit suicide

    Seeking to explain how antibiotics work, scientists find a protein that commands bacteria to kill themselves.

    By John Travis
  8. Math

    Möbius at Fermilab

    Fermilab’s Wilson Hall. Courtesy of Fermilab. Soaring into the sky like a medieval cathedral, the twin towers of the structure known as Wilson Hall dominate the flat countryside surrounding the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Ill. Named for physicist and accelerator builder Robert Rathbun Wilson (1914-2000), the building celebrates Wilson’s vision and skill, […]

    By Ivars Peterson
  9. Health & Medicine

    Nerve cells of ALS patients harbor virus

    Fragments of viral genetic material show up with unusually high frequency in nerve tissue of patients with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, suggesting a link between the virus and this lethal illness.

    By Nathan Seppa

  10. Gene change speaks to language malady

    Researchers have identified a genetic mutation that may lie at the root of a severe speech and language disorder observed across four generations of a British family.

    By Bruce Bower

  11. Gene defect leads to warts and more

    Scientists have found the gene for an immunodeficiency syndrome.

    By John Travis
  12. Health & Medicine

    New Compounds Inhibit HIV in Lab

    Two new compounds uncovered by pharmaceutical scientists block integrase, an enzyme essential to the replication cycle of the virus that causes AIDS.

    By Nathan Seppa