Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Thursday, July 20, 2006

[Item Permalink] When decision-makers don't understand the decisions -- Comment()
Congress' Top 10 Stem Cell Flubs: "Sometimes legislators make stuff up when they're not sure about the facts -- especially when it comes to complicated science like stem cell research." [Wired News: Top Stories]


[Item Permalink] Cheaper insulin -- Comment()
Calgary firm turns safflower into insulin: "In a breakthrough that could rival the discovery of insulin by Canadians Frederick Banting and Charles Best in 1921, a Calgary biotech company claims to have produced commercial quantities of human insulin from genetically modified safflower plants, a move that could change the economics of the diabetes market."