HealthAugust 1, 2012
Saving Troubled Knees
Silk scaffolds, grafts from pigs and green tea extracts might someday help keep injured and vulnerable joints active
Stories by Karen Hopkin
Karen Hopkin is a freelance science writer in Somerville, Mass. She holds a doctorate in biochemistry and is a contributor to Scientific American's 60-Second Science podcasts.
HealthDecember 1, 2006
The Risks on the Table
More than half the foods in U.S. supermarkets contain genetically modified ingredients. Have they been proved safe for human consumption?
HealthJune 1, 2004
Making Methuselah
Immortality may not be in the Cards, but Worms, Flies and Pigeons may be able to Teach us a Thing or Two About Living Better Longer
HealthFebruary 23, 2004
Egg Beaters
Flu vaccine makers look beyond the chicken egg
The SciencesAugust 1, 2001
The Post-Genome Project
Whether The Human Proteome Will Be Successfully Mapped In Three Years Depends On How You Define "Proteome"
The SciencesApril 1, 2001
The Risks on the Table
More than half the foods in U.S. supermarkets contain genetically modified ingredients. Have they been proved safe for human consumption?
The SciencesMarch 1, 1999
Death to Sperm Mitochondria
A ubiquitin clue to why mitochondrial DNA comes only from Mom
HealthApril 1, 1998
Clock Setting
Lighting up your knees may reset your circadian rhythms