How Microbes Defend and Define Us

July 12, 2010 From the New York Times, by Carl Zimmer Dr. Alexander Khoruts had run out of options. In 2008, Dr. Khoruts, a gastroenterologist at the University of Minnesota, took on a patient suffering from a vicious gut infection of Clostridium difficile. She was...

Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital

From the New York Times, By JULIE WEED, Published: July 9, 2010 TWO years ago, the supply system at Seattle Children’s Hospital was so unreliable that Susanne Matthews, a nurse in the intensive care unit, would stockpile stuff — catheters in the closet, surgical...

Skip a Meal, Extend Your Life

25 Jan 2010 Life-long calorie restriction seems to lead to longer lives. by Amy Barth From the January-February special issue; published online January 25, 2010 Discovermagazine.com To stave off aging, Americans spend billions of dollars every year on supplements,...

George M. Church – a name we should know

Here is an interesting article about the man at the forefront of genetic engineering – discovering and manipulating genomic material as well as inventing the methods of unravelling the mysteries of the DNA….. From Discover, by Ed Regis 25 June 2010 Here is how...