Biotechnology

• Gene silencing predicted to improve drug manufacturing

  Biotech firm hopes to use RNA interference to boost drug yields.

  19 November 2009

• Maize genome mapped

  Sequence should help corn breeders meet global demands for food and fuel.

  19 November 2009

• Gene-makers form security coalition

  Latest salvo in the gene-synthesis 'standards war' sees firms set up a competing code.

  18 November 2009

• Plant genetics database at risk as funds run dry - Premium content

  National Science Foundation to cut support for Arabidopsis resource.

  18 November 2009

• Japanese science faces deep cuts - Premium content

  The government's election promises vowed more support for science, but so far budgets look set to shrink.

  17 November 2009

• Swine flu: One killer virus, three key questions - Premium content

  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