Biotechnology

• Swine flu: One killer virus, three key questions

  Nature reports from three laboratories scrutinizing the pandemic flu virus.

  11 November 2009

• China moves to help high-tech firms - Premium content

  But initiatives meet with mixed response.

  10 November 2009

• The dog cloner - Premium content

  Woo Suk Hwang's former collaborator emerges from the shadow of scandal.

  10 November 2009

• Brain disease treated by gene therapy - Premium content

  A treatment based on HIV finds first success in humans.

  5 November 2009

• Gene-makers put forward security standards - Premium content

  But few companies are willing to sign up yet.

  4 November 2009

• Initiative targets malaria eradication - Premium content

  Focus shifts to blocking parasite transmission.

  3 November 2009

• California stem-cell grants awarded - Premium content

  First major round of research targeted at therapies takes off.

  2 November 2009

• Jury still out on HIV vaccine results - Premium content

  Some experts see hope in trial findings, but others say that the data do not back up such optimism.

  28 October 2009

• Woo Suk Hwang convicted, but not of fraud - Premium content

  Cloning pioneer gets two years for embezzlement and bioethics breach.

  26 October 2009

• HIV vaccine trial under fire - Premium content

  Expert scrutiny casts doubt on 'historic' results.

  21 October 2009