White-coated 'pharmers' milk animals for drugs
Some of the goats on the farm, which is run by a company called Gerzyme Transgenics Corp., have human genes in them. Others have genes not found in nature, genes produced by human artifice. In their
Some of the goats on the farm, which is run by a company called Gerzyme Transgenics Corp., have human genes in them. Others have genes not found in nature, genes produced by human artifice. In their
Like humans, microbes now can cross international borders and vast distances with jet-borne speed. That is the not-s-hidden subtext of rising concern among international public health authorities
was Y2K bug a hoax?: U.S.computer exters predicted widespread blackouts in Argentina with the turn of the year. An estimated $1.5b has been spent in Argentina for Y2K readiness. Money spent on
On Monday the United Nations Security Council, for the first time in its history, will convene to discuss action on a health issue. Also for the first time, the meeting will be chaired by an American
There was a surprise amid the 47 tons of U.S. wheat that arrived in Jordan's port of Aqaba in October. Consider it a protein supplement: 57 mice, a rat, seven roads, 13 birds, a fish and snakeskin.
The makers of vitamins, herbs and dietary supplements may market products for natural conditions such as morning sickness, hot flashes and memory loss in aging without proving they are safe or
Imagine 40 million hungry and destitute orphans in sub-Saharan Africa by the year 2010-roaming the streets without the schooling or work. This is the kind of nightmare that prompted the United
To make room for flu victims, overburdened hospitals in Britain are postponing operations, doctors in Israel are treating patients in cafeterias, and health officials in other parts of the Middle
Philip Morris Co. announced that it had developed technology that might reduce the number of fires started by cigarettes, a move that comes more than a decade after lawmakers and fire safety experts
General Motors Corp. said it had developed a prototype sedan powered by fuel cells four times as efficient as its current gasoline engines. The fuel cells consume hydrogen and get the equivalent of