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• Dispute behind Nobel Prize for HIV research
The announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine to French researchers Francoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier brings another chapter, perhaps the concluding one, to one of the ugliest controversies in modern medical science, charges ...
• Philanthropist gets Clinton to back stem cells
DETROIT - A retail mogul and philanthropist sought to advance stem cell research on scientific and political fronts — by announcing a multimillion-dollar donation to a medical institute bearing his name and luring a former president to stump for a ...
• Cash woes 'devastating' to science
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations. Leakey, who once served ...
• Animals have personalities, too
The field of animal-personality study is starting to gain some substance and credibility, said University of Texas psychologist Sam Gosling, who does research in this field. "When I started doing this, like 10 years ago, things were really different ...
• Ford 'MyKey' to set limits on teen driving
Ford said its market research shows 75 percent of parents like the speed and audio limits, but as you might expect, 67 percent of teens don't like them. Danisha Williams, a 16-year-old senior at Southfield-Lathrup High School in suburban Detroit, said ...