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Stem Cells Turned into 3 Dimensional Intestinal Tissues
Nature is the source for this new article reporting success in turning stem cells into small, three dimensional structures much like the...

Kirk Hartley
Dec 20, 20101 min read
Beads of Courage for Kids with Cancer – Please Reach Out to Congress to Better Fund Cancer Res
The holidays are here. For too many children, the days and nights will be spent in hospital beds while their bodies, their families and...

Kirk Hartley
Dec 14, 20101 min read


Unexpected and Important Insight into AML ( a leukemia) through Global Cooperation of Smart Doctors
The power of widely shared information has been very much in the news this week thanks to the Manning/WikiLeak’ disclosures of US...

Kirk Hartley
Dec 5, 20103 min read
Science and Engineering Powerhouse University of Illinois Takes on Long Term Partnership with Scienc
Much of our future lies in science. Accordingly, as a fan of the University of Illinois (see below) and science, it was great to see the...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 28, 20103 min read
Science Leaps Ahead – Now, Some Full 3D Tumors Can Be Grown in a Dish, Leading to Direct Obse
Just in time for Thanksgiving, a new scientific first arrives in the form of a breakthrough in cancer research tools. The gist ?...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 24, 20102 min read
Dr. Wolfram Ostertag – Former Students and Others Write in Tribute to an Inspiring Scientist F
In view of the current controversy about patents for simply describing a gene, it’s especially interesting to read a tribute written by...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 22, 20102 min read
Molecular Animation – Imagine these Videos in a Courtroom to Explain Disease Causation
The NYT’s Erik Olsen compiled this wonderful on line article explaining and compiling examples of work from the burgeoning world of...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 18, 20101 min read
US Government Now Opposes Patents for Simply Reporting a Gene’s Structure – a Great Win
Wonderful news. Our government has seen the light, and now opposes patents for simply reporting the structure of genes. Bravo for the...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 31, 20101 min read
Genetic Fate Mapping Reveals More About The Work of Stem Cells After Spinal Cord Injuries
The promise of actually putting stem cells to work continues to draw closer. ScienceDaily and Cell Stem Cell very cool graphics...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 10, 20102 min read


Science Brings New Stem Cell Progress, But Stem Cell Research Restrictions Remain Impediments to Sav
Scientists are now another important step down the line towards creating useful pluripotent stem cells from skin cells. This research...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 3, 20102 min read
Rethinking Standard Answers in Science – It’s Not Just the Dose; Timing Sometimes Matte
For years, scientists involved in "toxic tort" cases focused mainly on the dose, and less so on the timing and volume of particular...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 27, 20102 min read
Scientists (and Someday, Jurors) Now Able to Watch Some Forms of Life Develop from Moment One R
Wow ! This article from the Howard Hughes Institute explains – and shows images from – new microscopes that can watch and record the...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 7, 20101 min read
“Tomorrow’s Giants” – Nature Hosts Upcoming Conference to Look Out at Sci
How will lawyers and judges ever keep up with science as we trudge along seeking certainty. ?Scientists, on the other hand, like to look...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 2, 20102 min read


Scientists at ETH Zurich Figure Out the Genomic Instruction Manual for a Key Variable – How A
Our bodies are run by proteins. Genes control the proteins produced inside our bodies. Now, researchers have started to achieve the goal...

Kirk Hartley
May 8, 20102 min read
UK Asbestos Death Rates Are Growing; Asbestos Science Seminar Next Week
The BBC reported today that asbestos-related disease is the largest single cause of work-related deaths in the UK, with annual deaths at...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 29, 20101 min read
Cancer, Costs, Policy and Law – Clinical Trial Management Process Needs a Major Overhaul to
A new expert report calls for significant changes and improvements to the clinical trial approval and implementation process as it...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 26, 20103 min read
Huge Win for Science and the Free Flow of Information – Gene Patents Invalidated for BRCA Gen
Back in law school, we all heard something about the awesome power of federal judges and probably wondered what it’s like to go home at...

Kirk Hartley
Mar 31, 20103 min read


Some Tumors Trick The Body By Building An Outer Facade of Lymph Tissue
Courtesy of this article in Science Daily, there is word of a new article in Science that explains a trick some tumors use to avoid...

Kirk Hartley
Mar 27, 20101 min read
Can Toxic Tort Lawyers Learn from Fruit Flies ? Science, Law and Animal Studies – Phylogenet
A new ScienceDaily article raises a question: can toxic tort lawyers learn from fruit flies ? The lesson, it seems, is that toxic tort...

Kirk Hartley
Mar 24, 20103 min read


Over 10 Million Americans Are Uninsurable Cancer Survivors
Do you take health insurance coverage for granted ? The table above lets you see the soaring numbers of annual US deaths from cancer....

Kirk Hartley
Mar 18, 20102 min read
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