Cells Are Chatty: Here's What They May Be Saying By Amber Dance for the National Institutes of Health published 24 March 14 Cells communicate by sending and receiving chemical signals and researchers are learning how to decipher, create and even hijack these conversations.
Dr. DNA: Using Genes to Guide Prescriptions By Amber Dance for the National Institutes of Health published 18 October 13 Your genes control features inside you body and researchers are trying to use this to help doctors prescribe more effective medications.
How Scientists Are 'Greening' Chemistry By Amber Dance for the National Institutes of Health published 14 March 12 Cleaner! Faster! Cheaper! is a rallying cry for chemists working to limit the impact of their work on the environment.
Body's 'Doomsday Clocks' Count Down to Death, or Cancer By Amber Dance for the National Institutes of Health published 23 February 12 So-called chromosome caps can divide safely only a certain number of times.