Existential angst We've already posted some on this ( here ), but we've been thinking some more about last week's reports of rev...

Of all the things we should be spending research funds furiously on, infectious disease should be at or near the top of the list. Yet anoth...

What's so wrong with genetic determinism anyway? Isn't it just political correctness to claim that who we are isn't determined...

An example of a fine use of technology and research money -- medical labs on paper 'chips', at the cost of a penny each, of great po...

Well, we had hoped it wouldn't happen, but in the media-hype age we guess it's unavoidable. Our copy of Nature arrived today, the ...

There is yet another story in the news these days, about a diabetes drug that apparently raises the risk of heart disease. In this case, ...

Using genotypes to predict phenotypes is a coming activity that will only increase. In the past, traits that were assumed to be genetic wer...