Clemson professor receives award to study effect of mothers' obe...

Exploring Bioethics
helps students grapple with ethical issues posed by advances in the life sciences. For Grades 9-12, this curriculum supplement (one of dozens from NIH) focuses on real life cases --...

NIH awards $18.3 million in Recovery Act funds to...
(NIH/Office of the Director) The National Institutes of Health is awarding approximately $18.3 million to researchers over two years to strengthen and enhance efforts to attract young people...

Small changes in protein chemistry play large role in...
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Investigators studying the toxic protein at the root of Huntington's disease have found that small biochemical changes to the...

Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil...
Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life-not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other...

Biomaterials Science, Second Edition: An Introduction...
The second edition of this bestselling title provides the most up-to-date comprehensive review of all aspects of biomaterials science by providing a balanced, insightful approach to learning...