Metals: In Sickness and in Health By Stephanie Dutchen published 1 February 12 Metals play key roles in human health, from ensuring healthy bones to helping make red blood cells.
A New Twist On Old Painkillers By Stephanie Dutchen published 28 December 11 Researchers are looking for a way to avoid the negative side effects of pain-relieving medicines.
Why Sugars May Be the Body's Superstars By Stephanie Dutchen, Allison MacLachlan published 8 December 11 You may be surprised at all the work sugars do within our cells.
After a Good Night's Sleep Brain Cells Are Ready to Learn By Stephanie Dutchen published 9 November 11 Neuroscientist Chiara Cirelli at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and others believe that a good night's sleep helps us learn more the next day.
Under Pressure: Peeking in on Contracting Cells By Stephanie Dutchen published 19 October 11 A microscopic stretch detector senses the pressures inside real tissues, to see how cells react.
A New Use for Census Data: Disease Simulations By Stephanie Dutchen published 18 May 11 Researchers are developing disease-spread models from actual US census data
Cool Tools: Visualizing the Invisible By Stephanie Dutchen published 20 April 11 National Institutes of General Medical Sciences' imaging programs are peering into the lives of cells.
Inside Life Science: What Is an Ontology? By Stephanie Dutchen published 6 April 11 Virtual libraries may help biomedical researchers share ever-growing knowledge.
Cell Suicide: An Essential Part of Life By Stephanie Dutchen, Kirstie Saltsman published 23 February 11 Programmed cell death serves a healthy and protective role in our bodies.
The Many Mysteries of Anesthesia By Stephanie Dutchen published 26 January 11 Anesthetics have been used in many procedures for more than 150 years, doctors and scientists still don't know exactly how these medicines work in the body.
Learning from Bacterial Chatter By Stephanie Dutchen published 12 January 11 What do digestion, cholera and tooth plaque have in common?
What Drives Seasonal Flu Patterns? By Stephanie Dutchen published 29 December 10 The drier the air, the better flu spreads.
What Do Fats Do in the Body? By Stephanie Dutchen published 15 December 10 our bodies need a certain amount of fat to function—and we can’t make it from scratch.
