Logo

All in One Place

Aug 15, 2008

At Bitesize Bio, Nick gives step-by-step instructions on how to beef up your ability to keep up with the literature by combining the power of PubMed and iGoogle. He's set up a single page that, through RSS feeds, keeps him apprised of journals and topics that he's interested in. That sure beats reading each individual journal.

Breaking News
The Scan

Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

Science Papers Examine Breast Milk Cell Populations, Cerebral Cortex Cellular Diversity, Micronesia Population History

In Science this week: unique cell populations found within breast milk, 100 transcriptionally distinct cell populations uncovered in the cerebral cortex, and more.