Timothy Caulfield discussed the effect of gene patents and commercialization on research.

A good chunk of the stimulus change has gone to the 'omics fields.

Craig Venter gets the music video treatment.

David Crotty says scientists aren't adopting social networking too readily.

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Bloggers weigh in on Zerhouni's new journal position, the UC faculty walkout, reviewing too many papers, and whether the US needs a universal healthcare system to enable genomics in medicine.

Once you're asked back for that second interview, it's time to think about your startup package. What do you need?

Mary Lidstrom has been at the lab bench longer than some of her students have been alive, but her veteran status hasn't quelled her passion for helping young investigators.

Despite a mass exodus from Duke University, a bucketload of money, and a new name, it's just genomics as usual for the researchers who make up the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics.

Nucleic acids are the building blocks of life, but can they be used as the building blocks of computers too? A look at the latest from the world of DNA computing and nanotechnology.

A chemist says that biologists should pay attention to outsourcing trends, since biology labs may be the next target.

Cancer stem cells captivated researchers for decades and spawned controversy as they burst into mainstream research. As some researchers find more tumor types that contain cancer stem cells, other researchers are hard at work trying to find ways to stop these stem cells.

Thanks to microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization studies, new insights into disorders like schizophrenia and autism are advancing our understanding of structural variation and changing the way patients are diagnosed.

The real challenge with peer review is in the peers. How can a system based on the human element properly serve the needs of the scientific community? GT talks to thought leaders to find out.

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