Rick Weiss
National
Articles by Rick Weiss
Platypus Genome Found Fittingly Strange (May 8, 2008)
Molecular Action May Help Keep Birds on Course (May 5, 2008)
Groups Petition EPA to Ban Nanosilver in Consumer Goods (May 2, 2008)
Report Targets Costs Of Factory Farming (April 30, 2008)
Altered Viruses Reversed Progressive Blindness, Studies Say (April 28, 2008)
T. Rex Closer to Gizzards Than Lizards (April 25, 2008)
Ban on Genetic-Test Bias May Pass Senate (April 24, 2008)
DNA Tests Offer Deeper Examination Of Accused (April 20, 2008)
Stolen NIH Laptop Held Social Security Numbers (April 10, 2008)
Rep. Barton Seeks Probe In Theft of Computer (April 3, 2008)
Schizophrenia Linked to Rare, Often Unique Genetic Glitches (March 28, 2008)
Genetic Testing Gets Personal (March 25, 2008)
Patients' Data on Stolen Laptop (March 24, 2008)
Americans May Be Getting Enough Sleep After All, Report Says (March 12, 2008)
Food Industry Tests Techno-Tasters to Judge Flavor (March 10, 2008)
Lights at Night Are Linked to Breast Cancer (February 20, 2008)
Their Deepest, Darkest Discovery (February 20, 2008)
2 Reports At Odds On Biotech Crops (February 14, 2008)
Inspectors Verify Abuse Of Cows in California (February 7, 2008)
Meat Company Fires 2 Over Cruelty to Livestock (January 31, 2008)
Video Reveals Violations of Laws, Abuse of Cows at Slaughterhouse (January 30, 2008)
A Rare Find in Madagascar Gets Its Own Genus (January 28, 2008)
Md. Scientists Build Bacterial Chromosome (January 25, 2008)
Labels Weighed for Food From Clones (January 20, 2008)
European Ethics Group Opposes Food From Cloned Animals (January 18, 2008)
Mature Human Embryos Created From Adult Skin Cells (January 18, 2008)
USDA Recommends That Food From Clones Stay Off the Market (January 16, 2008)
FDA Says Clones Are Safe For Food (January 15, 2008)
Food From Clones Safe, E.U. Draft Says (January 12, 2008)
Lab Cites Stem Cell Advance (January 11, 2008)
FDA to Back Food From Cloned Animals (January 5, 2008)
Showing Mushrooms' True Colors (December 31, 2007)
Measure Would Require Free Access To Results of NIH-Funded Research (December 21, 2007)
'Clone-Free' Milk Could Get Label (December 19, 2007)
Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms (December 17, 2007)
Face-Transplant Patient 'Satisfied' (December 13, 2007)
Scientists Cure Mice Of Sickle Cell Using Stem Cell Technique (December 7, 2007)
Experts 'Fail' Risk Analysis for Boston Bioterror Lab (November 30, 2007)
Gene Therapy Study Is Allowed to Resume (November 26, 2007)
States Assess Breakthrough On Stem Cells (November 22, 2007)
A Scientific Advance, a Political Question Mark (November 21, 2007)
Advance May End Stem Cell Debate (November 21, 2007)
Facing a Threat to Farming and Food Supply (November 19, 2007)
Monkey Embryos Cloned for Stem Cells (November 15, 2007)
Meat Treatment Got Approval Despite Safety Concerns (November 14, 2007)
Study Debunks Theory On Teen Sex, Delinquency (November 11, 2007)
Open Access to Research Funded by U.S. Is at Issue (November 1, 2007)
Seeing the Light of Day (October 30, 2007)
Hearing on Beef Packaging Fails Activists' Smell Test (October 30, 2007)
Broccoli Extract Could Help Head Off Skin Cancer (October 23, 2007)
Chemist Wins Nobel For Catalyst Studies (October 11, 2007)
Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs. (October 9, 2007)
Long-Hidden Dangers? (October 9, 2007)
Probe Into Tainted Rice Ends (October 6, 2007)
'Superbugs' Could Benefit Humans (September 25, 2007)
Vanishing Languages Identified (September 19, 2007)
Role of Gene Therapy In Death Called Unclear (September 18, 2007)
Climate Link To Neanderthal Demise Abates (September 13, 2007)
Radio Telescope And Its Budget Hang in the Balance (September 9, 2007)
Britain to Allow Creation of Hybrid Embryos (September 6, 2007)
Fungus Infected Woman Who Died After Gene Therapy (August 17, 2007)
Gestures Convey Message: Learning in Progress (August 6, 2007)
Death Points to Risks in Research (August 6, 2007)
Warnings, Not Ban, Urged for Diabetes Drug (July 31, 2007)
Future of Stem Cell Tests May Hang on Defining Embryo Harm (July 29, 2007)
Suspended Gene Therapy Test Had Drawn Early Questions (July 28, 2007)
Patient in Gene Therapy Study Dies (July 27, 2007)
FDA Renews Castleberry's Chili Warning (July 24, 2007)
Meet David Acheson: Your Stomach's Best Friend (July 4, 2007)
Scientists Report DNA Transplant (June 29, 2007)
Probe Finds NIH Official Violated Government Regulations (June 27, 2007)
Intricate Toiling Found In Nooks of DNA Once Believed to Stand Idle (June 14, 2007)
Darn Cells. Dividing Yet Again! (June 10, 2007)
House Votes to Ease Limits on Stem Cell Research (June 8, 2007)
Scientists Use Skin To Create Stem Cells (June 7, 2007)
Release of Microbe Study Spurs Bioterror Worries (June 1, 2007)
U.S. Company Used Melamine in Feed (May 31, 2007)
Tainted Chinese Imports Common (May 20, 2007)
Bird Species Plummeted After West Nile (May 17, 2007)
FDA Says Quarantined Hogs Are Safe to Eat (May 16, 2007)
FDA Finds Chinese Food Producers Shut Down (May 11, 2007)
Farm-Raised Fish Given Tainted Food (May 9, 2007)
Chickens That Ate Bad Feed Pass Test (May 8, 2007)
20 Million Chickens Given Tainted Feed (May 5, 2007)
Pet Food Chemical Was From 2 Firms (May 4, 2007)
Millions Of Chickens Fed Tainted Pet Food (May 2, 2007)
Crisis Over Pet Food Extracting Healthy Cost (May 2, 2007)
Pet Deaths Spur Call for Better FDA Screening (May 1, 2007)
Hogs That Ate Tainted Food to Be Euthanized (April 27, 2007)
FDA to Test Imported Additives for Melamine (April 25, 2007)
Protein Analysis of T. Rex Bone Finds Link to Chickens (April 13, 2007)
Stem Cell Bill Easily Clears Senate But Lacks Votes to Override a Veto (April 12, 2007)
Senate Revisits Debate On Stem Cell Research (April 11, 2007)
Conflict-of-Interest Inquiry May Be Reopening at NIH (March 31, 2007)
Mice See New Hue With Added Gene (March 23, 2007)
Advocates Praise FDA's Choice to Fund Office of Women's Health (March 18, 2007)
Seas Yield Surprising Catch of Unknown Genes (March 14, 2007)
Rice Industry Troubled by Genetic Contamination (March 11, 2007)
Health Findings From Institute To Be Free Online (March 9, 2007)
Rice Recalled Over Gene Contamination (March 6, 2007)
FDA Rules Override Warnings About Drug (March 4, 2007)
USDA Backs Production of Rice With Human Genes (March 2, 2007)
Women's Health Office Funds Cut (February 27, 2007)
For First Time, Chimps Seen Making Weapons for Hunting (February 23, 2007)
Research Supports Medicinal Marijuana (February 13, 2007)
1 in 150 Children in U.S. Has Autism, New Survey Finds (February 9, 2007)
Research-Result Battle Now Pits PR 'Pit Bull' Against Barbie Blenders (February 9, 2007)
GMU Teacher's Ingenuity Nets $1 Million Prize (February 2, 2007)
Can Food From Cloned Animals Be Called Organic? (January 29, 2007)
Publishing Group Hires 'Pit Bull of PR' (January 26, 2007)
Signs Done on Speck (January 21, 2007)
Stem Cell Policy Hampering Research, NIH Official Says (January 20, 2007)
Putting the Brakes on Light Speed (January 19, 2007)
On Stem Cell Legislation, a Reprise With Twists (January 11, 2007)
Scientists See Potential In Amniotic Stem Cells (January 8, 2007)
Scientists Announce Mad Cow Breakthrough (January 1, 2007)
FDA Says Clones Are Safe To Eat (December 29, 2006)
FDA May Clear Cloned Food, But Public Has Little Appetite (December 25, 2006)
Mars Photos May Indicate The Recent Flow of Water (December 7, 2006)
U.S. Uneasy About Biotech Food (December 7, 2006)
Most Cancer Patients Unconcerned About Doctors' Ties to Drug Firms (November 30, 2006)
Journal Editors Are Urged To Demand More Evidence (November 29, 2006)
EPA to Regulate Nanoproducts Sold As Germ-Killing (November 23, 2006)
Firm Blames Farmers, 'Act of God' for Rice Contamination (November 22, 2006)
Intelligence Of Dolphins Cited in Fight Against Hunt (November 20, 2006)
New Methods Let Scientists Analyze Neanderthal DNA (November 16, 2006)
Cell Transplants Restore Sight in Blind Mice (November 9, 2006)
Biotech Rice Saga Yields Bushel of Questions for Feds (November 6, 2006)
Who's That Pretty Pachyderm? (October 31, 2006)
Stem Cell Work Shows Promise and Risks (October 23, 2006)
Religion a Prominent Cloned-Food Issue (October 19, 2006)
Scientists Announce Creation of Atomic Element, the Heaviest Yet (October 17, 2006)
FDA Is Set To Approve Milk, Meat From Clones (October 17, 2006)
2 U.S. Scientists Share Nobel (October 3, 2006)
New Look Suggests This Dinosaur Is No Beast (October 2, 2006)
Nanotechnology Risks Unknown (September 26, 2006)
Researchers Report Growing Stem Cells From Dead Embryos (September 23, 2006)
Gene-Altered Profit-Killer (September 21, 2006)
Stem Cell Experiments Slow Vision Loss in Rats (September 21, 2006)
NIH Punishments Criticized (September 14, 2006)
Macs and Grant Site Just Don't Click (September 13, 2006)
Post-9/11 Drop in Air Travel Delayed Flu Season, Study Finds (September 12, 2006)
Senators Denounce Scientist's Stem Cell Claims (September 7, 2006)
Leave It to Vines to Find Their Own Spines (September 4, 2006)
Critic Alleges Deceit in Study On Stem Cells (August 26, 2006)
New Method Makes Embryo-Safe Stem Cells (August 24, 2006)
U.S. Rice Supply Contaminated (August 19, 2006)
Fewer Vietnam Vets Are Found to Have Stress Disorder (August 18, 2006)
Gene-Altered Crops Denounced (August 16, 2006)
Study Finds That a Type of Cancer in Dogs Is Contagious (August 11, 2006)
Rabies Shots Advised for Scout Campers (August 6, 2006)
Labor Dept. Nominee Is Nearly Unnoticed in Hearing (August 2, 2006)
Senators Prod FDA Nominee On Politicization of Agency (August 2, 2006)
FDA to Reopen Discussions With Plan B Manufacturer (August 1, 2006)
Studies Fail to Quell Concerns Over Gas Treatment of Meat (July 23, 2006)
Long Fight Has Slowed Progress on Stem Cells (July 19, 2006)
Long Fight Has Slowed Progress on Stem Cells (July 19, 2006)
Air Force Memorial a Tribute to Flight and Engineering (July 17, 2006)
Clash Over Stem Cell Research Heats Up (July 15, 2006)
Responsive Gene Is Key to Efficiency of Heart-Failure Drug (July 11, 2006)
