Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab

This brings to mind lectures my mother gave me about not leavingdirty plates or pizza crusts laying about in my room lest they growsomething. We'll it's a fortuitous thing that at least one persondidn't do what they were told."Amajor evolutionary innovation has unfurled right...

Not a good week for Mexico's former president

The LATimes blog here in Mexico City explains what has been a bad week for former president Vicente Fox.[ url="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2007/10/foxs-meltdown-f.html"]Fox's meltdown fascinates Mexico It's been a very bad week in Mexico for Vicente Fox, the...

Climate Change: "Many, Many Smoking Guns"

"When the UN-organized Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presents its projections for global warming and future climate changes tomorrow, the report's hallmark will be a far greater level of certainty and precision than what was expressed in the last IPCC...

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia - What You Should Know

"About 3,930 new cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) are diagnosed each year in the United States. It is the most common type of leukemia under the age of 19. Children are most likely to develop the disease, but it can occur at any age. Acute lymphocytic leukemia may be...

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - What You Should Know

"About 11,930 new cases of acute myelogenous leukemia are diagnosed each year in the United States. Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) may be called by several names, including: acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia or acute...