by Douglas on September 26, 2009

New York, NY, Sept. 24--Some headlines just jump out at you...like this one, which popped out of a stack of PR Newswire press releases earlier this week: "Monarch Labs to demonstrate maggot therapy at Diabetic Limb Salvage (read on...)

by Nick on September 25, 2009

You youngsters don't know how easy you've got it. Kits, outsourcing and improved practices are making research easier and easier. At least in theory (who are we kidding?). In the old days things were much tougher, and many wiley (read on...)

by Nick on September 24, 2009

No-one would disagree with the goals of open access publishing: free access to scientific literature for all. If you work in an institution or small company that can't afford to pay journal subscription fees you'll know the (read on...)

by Suzanne on September 8, 2009

When was the last time you had to give blood or a swab sample for a test, such as for a cold or flu, or some other virus? Have you ever wondered about the accuracy of the test results? If the test is FDA approved, then you can (read on...)

by Alex on August 7, 2009

The recently released poll from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press puts light to an interesting dichotomy between scientists and the general public. If you have often wondered whether anyone outside the (read on...)

by Suzanne on July 10, 2009

It seems there is a reality TV show for virtually every type of person or profession. From Alaska king crab fishermen to surviving the outdoors to living the life of a privileged housewife, you name it and there is a show about (read on...)

by Nick on July 8, 2009

I have watched, with some bemusement, as the internet phenomenon that is Twitter has grown and grown, then grown some more. I say bemusement because it didn't really make much sense to me. But millions of internet users can't be (read on...)

by Douglas on June 29, 2009

A heads-up for Bitesize Bio readers: The U.S. National Institutes of Health last week issued Requests for Applications (RFAs) for approximately $120 million in grants to aid research on alcoholism, cancer biomarkers, fertility, (read on...)

by Douglas on June 24, 2009

Bethesda, MD, Jun. 23 – Acting National Institutes of Health Director Raynard S. Kingston today announced grants to three centers and 15 research projects under the Human Microbiome Project. The five-year, $140-million (read on...)

by Andrew on June 10, 2009

Nobel Laureate Kary Mullis is generally credited with inventing the polymerase chain reaction, but his discovery owes a lot to a microbiologist who loved to travel, some refuted assumptions of what can live in hot springs, and a (read on...)