Biotechnology

• Dog cloners baring their teeth

  Rival companies are about to clash over who has the rights to the crucial technology.

  4 July 2008

• In brief: Final decision expected on European stem-cell patent

  2 July 2008

• Designer protein tackles HIV

  Enzyme could create tailor-made cells to be injected back into patients.

  30 June 2008

• Biogen fights takeover bid

  Board members reject billionaire's plans.

  25 June 2008

• Japan ramps up patent effort to keep iPS lead

  United States in race to commercialize pluripotent stem cells.

  18 June 2008

• Bumper stickers reveal link to road rage

  Car adornments betray a territorial mindset.

  13 June 2008

• The winding road from ideas to income

  Huge numbers of offices have been established over the past 30 years to help university researchers take their discoveries from the lab to the clinic. Meredith Wadman assesses their success.

  11 June 2008

• In brief: Panel urges further review of controversial NIH lab

  11 June 2008

• Translational Research: Getting the message across

  11 June 2008

• Translational research: Crossing the valley of death

  A chasm has opened up between biomedical researchers and the patients who need their discoveries. Declan Butler asks how the ground shifted and whether the US National Institutes of Health can bridge the gap.

  11 June 2008