Unstoppable growth
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Unstoppable growth

Medicine |  Scientists get more than they bargained for with embryonic stem cells

Missouri compromised
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Missouri compromised

Election '06 |  Low poll ratings for President Bush and high ratings for a stem-cell ballot initiative could together spell trouble for Sen. Jim Talent

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Learning from mistakes, the hard way

Medicine |  Three preemie deaths reveal the dark side of medicine: Health-care workers are human, too

Stalking a silent killer
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Stalking a silent killer

Medicine |  The viruses leading to cervical cancer have gone underdiagnosed for too long; now, with a new vaccine, women-and girls-face ethical challenges over making use…

Abraham's journey
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Abraham's journey

Medicine |  After a court battle, a young Hodgkin's patient is allowed to avoid chemotherapy

Taking it to the states
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Taking it to the states

Medicine |  With presidential veto, stem-cell battle is far from over

Taming the Wild West
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Taming the Wild West

Medicine |  Bioethicists want to keep tabs on the practice of making "designer babies"

Flight of fancy
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Flight of fancy

Medicine |  How far will a television network go to challenge the top-rated show in America during a sweeps period?

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Bird watcher

Medicine |  Governments around the world are preparing for the possibility that bird flu will mutate into a disease that humans can give to one another

Threat from above
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Threat from above

Medicine |  Officials in Hawaii begin preparing for outbreak of bird flu

Small science
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Small science

Technology |  The nanotech future is just beginning

What's a human?
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What's a human?

Interview |  Bioethicist and presidential advisor Leon Kass wants to get back to basics about medical science's complexities

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