Blog

• Hits and Misses by DANIEL S. LEVINE
  An analysis of pharma deals shows certain types are better predictors of success than others.
• Dishonor Roll by ERIC WAHLGREN
  U.S. health system's grade knocked down to a D.
• Whether The Couric Effect Is Real, It's Not Enough by DANIEL S. LEVINE
  CDC says despite improvements colorectal cancer screening rate remain too low.

Business

• Sign Of The Times
  Healthcare sector M&A activity soars in the second quarter.
• The Knowledge Economy
  Massachusetts is best poised to leverage its science and technology assets for economic gains, Milken says.
• Dealing Drugs
  The total value of partnering deals fell slightly to $22 billion in 2007, but the pace continued to be brisk.

Health

• Forgoing Care
  A growing number of Americans delay getting needed medical care or go without.
• Borders without Doctors by ERIC WAHLGREN
  Efforts intensify to address health worker migration's toll on sub-Saharan Africa.
• A Chronic Problem
  The aging population in the United States is helping fuel a growing burden on the healthcare system.

Law

• Thinking Small     by LORI ANDREWS AND JULIE BURGER
  U.S. patent officials and other regulators must get up to speed on the intricacies of tiny particles to avoid hindering the growth of nanotechnology.
• Untethering Innovation     by BRADFORD PLUMER
  One year before a new president takes office, Congress lies low, but bills on patents, biologics, genetics, and a host of other issues could still affect R&D.
• Medicare Needs to Get with the Times by TERESA LEE
  Outdated reimbursement policies for state-of-the-art diagnostics tools are hindering innovation.

Magazine

• The Journal of Life Sciences
  June/July 2008 edition

Policy

• Degrading Healthcare by PETER J. PITTS
  Half-truths and myths drives the Commonwealth Foundation's poor scores for the U.S. healthcare system.
• Conversations From BIO 2008
  Podcast: July 2008
• Avoiding A Wrong Prescription by PETER J. PITTS
  Healthcare is too important to allow reform by sound bite.

Science

• Why Darwin May Be Wrong by SANDYA VISWANATHAN
  Stanford's Joan Roughgarden takes issue with Darwinian theory of sexual selection, but she's no creationist. The evolutionary biologist believes it's time to look at sex in a new way.
• The Grain of Life by ALEX GRONKE
  Biotech may have the solution to avert a rice crisis, but adoption is slow.
• DNA Inside by LORI ANDREWS
  Bio-based computers may help scientists overcome the limitations of silicon-powered machines, leading to new nano-scale products as well as smart drugs that adjust to the environment inside the body.

Society

• When a Career Change Is in the Cards by CAROL HUANG
  Former pharmaceutical patent attorney Greg Raymer has found much greener pastures as a poker ace.
• Capitol Spending
  Pharmaceutical lobbying reaches record level in 2007 as industry spends $168 million as key legislation took center stage.
• Love Stinks by JULIE CHAO
  Research finding that body odor influences attraction inspires a new dating site.

TJOLS-TV

• Oddities and Wonders
  A news round-up of the bizarre from the world of the life sciences
• TJOLS-TV
  The life sciences in the news
• What's So Funny About Cancer
  Mike Schneider interviews comedian Robert Schimmel on his fight with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.