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 …
Author: Krista Conger
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 …
Science vs. religion at the NIH?
As a church-going scientist-turned-writer, I was on the fence about the recent nomination of geneticist Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health. There's …
Stem cell guidelines under fire
Stanford's Irving Weissman, MD, questions who's really in charge of our national embryonic stem cell research policy.
Stanford's Irving Weissman, MD, questions who's really in charge of our national embryonic stem cell research policy.