One downside of our office's mandatory winter break is the fact that it's just not possible to give all the cool research coming out around …
Author: Krista Conger
Cheap shots by top lawmakers show ignorance of research progress
I was fairly disgusted today to read Chris Mooney's report in the blog Science Progress (a project of the think tank the Center for American …
First human embryonic stem cell lines approved for funding under new guidelines
President Obama galvanized the research community on March 9 of this year, when he called for a new, much-less restrictive set of guidelines for federal …
The University of Nebraska may restrict human embryonic stem cell research
Come Friday, some researchers might take issue with Nebraska's cheerful welcome sign. The New York Times reported today that the University of Nebraska is considering …
Busted!
While trolling Google Reader yesterday, I spied something in the Knight Science Journalism Tracker (powered mainly by well-known science writer Charlie Petit) that hit a …
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
From Science Insider today comes an announcement of a newly minted effort to sequence 10,000 vertebrate genomes. The Genome 10K Project aims to create a …
Gender differences in H1N1 vaccine response?
An op-ed piece in the New York Times this morning caught my eye. The authors, two women with strong backgrounds in public and women's health …
Twitterpated science writers?
The combined annual meeting of the National Association of Science Writers and the New Horizons in Science conference (sponsored by the Council for the Advancement …
Greider on women in science
I wrote below about the unusual number of women recognized during the 2009 Nobel Prizes. Since then, another woman , Elinor Ostrom, PhD, shared the …
Girl Power – to the Nobels, and beyond!
Our office has a specific 'crisis plan' to deal with the annual announcements of the Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine (one category), and in …
Collins dishes on God, (medical) drugs and rock and roll
The New York Times has an interesting article today on new NIH director Francis Collins, MD, PhD. In it, reporter Gardiner Harris discusses with the …
Stem cell policy: Understanding the scientific and legal challenges ahead
Calling all stem cell buffs! The Stanford Journal of Law, Science and Policy will be presenting a public symposium discussing the field's upcoming scientific and …
Q and A with Irving Weissman
Stanford stem cell researcher Irving Weissman, MD, recently assumed the presidency of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. Writing for Nature Reports Stem Cells, …
Francis Collins speaks out
A few weeks ago I wrote about the debate swirling around Francis Collins' nomination as NIH director. Some people expressed concerns that Collins' status as …
Ovarian cancer overview in Wall Street Journal
I recently wrote about biochemist Pat Brown's study of the natural history of serous ovarian cancer. He showed new, much more sensitive diagnostic tests are …
Ovarian cancer tests flawed
I realized a long time ago that there's a downside to someone like me - a complete hypochondriac - covering the cancer beat at a …