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The great primate debate

When can invasive experiments on monkeys or apes be justified? And what would be the consequences for biomedical research if they were to cease? Sally Goodman and Erika Check pose some difficult questions.

Sally Goodman
Erika Check
News13 Jun 2002
Nature

Volume: 417, P: 684-687
David versus Goliath

Resources are shifting from small labs led by one researcher to large teams with expensive equipment. But has the rise of big biology gone too far? Erika Check investigates.

Erika Check
Federica Castellani
News01 Dec 2004
Nature

Volume: 432, P: 546-548
Computer scientist makes prion advance

Onset of inherited disease does not change over generations, finds Eric Minikel, whose wife is affected.

Erika Check Hayden
News02 Oct 2014
Nature
Non-invasive method devised to sequence DNA of human eggs

The procedure could aid assisted reproduction.

Erika Check Hayden
News19 Dec 2013
Nature
Crowd-funded HIV vaccine project sparks debate

Scientists question the tactics behind the Immunity Project's public campaign.

Erika Check Hayden
News10 Feb 2014
Nature
Personalized cancer treatments suffer setback

Analysis suggests studies give conflicting answers about whether cancers respond to targeted drugs.

Erika Check Hayden
News27 Nov 2013
Nature
Five-year grant gets bird database off to a flying start

Each animal to be automatically mapped

Erika Check
News01 Sept 2004
Nature

Volume: 431, P: 7
A sustainable home for science

Erika Check Hayden
Books & Arts24 Sept 2008
Nature

Volume: 455, P: 466
US regulators try to tame 'wild west' of DNA testing

Experts, regulators mull how to foster technologies without posing undue risk to patients.

Erika Check Hayden
News20 Feb 2015
Nature
Vaginal microbe yields novel antibiotic

Drug is one of thousands that may be produced by the human microbiome.

Erika Check Hayden
News11 Sept 2014
Nature
Drug brings HIV out of hiding

Exposing the latent virus to the immune system may be first step to an elusive cure.

Erika Check Hayden
News08 Mar 2012
Nature
Chemist reaches agreement with prosecutors over lab death

Researchers express hope that UCLA case will spur safety improvements.

Erika Check Hayden
News20 Jun 2014
Nature
Overhaul recommended for gene-therapy review

US Institute of Medicine says the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee's activities should be scaled back.

Erika Check Hayden
News05 Dec 2013
Nature
Nanopore genome sequencer makes its debut

Technique promises it will produce a human genome in 15 minutes.

Erika Check Hayden
News17 Feb 2012
Nature
California unveils 'precision-medicine' project

The $3-million state initiative will coordinate with a national effort to promote individualized patient treatment.

Erika Check Hayden
News14 Apr 2015
Nature
Gene counsellors expect resurgence of 'Jolie effect'

But misinterpreted results of tests for cancer risk can result in unnecessary surgery.

Erika Check Hayden
News26 Mar 2015
Nature
Hunt for genetic link to pygmy height yields clue

Study shows difficulty of understanding the genetic basis of human variation.

Erika Check Hayden
News26 Apr 2012
Nature
Data from pocket-sized genome sequencer unveiled

Results from Oxford Nanopore's MinION are promising, but fall short of high expectations.

Erika Check Hayden
News14 Feb 2014
Nature
Rewritable memory encoded into DNA

But 750 rounds of 'debugging' shows that synthetic biology needs better ways to write genetic programs.

Erika Check Hayden
News21 May 2012
Nature
Ebola trials to start in December

Experimental treatments to be tested in Guinea at Médecins Sans Frontières sites.

Erika Check Hayden
News13 Nov 2014
Nature
Genome sequencing stumbles towards the clinic

Technology can uncover disease risks but faces technical and scientific hurdles.

Erika Check Hayden
News11 Mar 2014
Nature
Genome researchers raise alarm over big data

Storing and processing genome data will exceed the computing challenges of running YouTube and Twitter, biologists warn.

Erika Check Hayden
News07 Jul 2015
Nature
Weak statistical standards implicated in scientific irreproducibility

One-quarter of studies that meet commonly used statistical cutoff may be false.

Erika Check Hayden
News11 Nov 2013
Nature
Humans riddled with rare genetic variants

Blossoming of variation followed explosion in population size.

Erika Check Hayden
News17 May 2012
Nature
NIH shutdown effects multiply

Businesses and academic researchers among those affected by ongoing US government shutdown.

Erika Check Hayden
News02 Oct 2013
Nature
Monkeys that cut calories live longer

Long-running study reopens debate on benefits of reduced-intake diets.

Erika Check Hayden
News01 Apr 2014
Nature
Safety panel backs principle of gene-therapy trials

Erika Check
News12 Dec 2002
Nature

Volume: 420, P: 595
Roots of recovery

Replanting coastal forests destroyed by last December's tsunami sounds like a good idea — especially if they protect against future storms. But such plans need nurturing if they are to succeed, Erika Check discovers.

Erika Check
News14 Dec 2005
Nature

Volume: 438, P: 910-911
How Africa learned to love the cow

The development of lactose tolerance in sub-Saharan Africa is a fascinating tale of genetic convergence, reports Erika Check.

Erika Check
News21 Dec 2006
Nature

Volume: 444, P: 994-996
The rocky road to success

Tackling the legal and ethical minefield associated with human embryonic stem-cell research is not for the faint-hearted. Erika Check meets one man who is relishing the challenge.

Erika Check
News07 Sept 2005
Nature

Volume: 437, P: 185-186
Profile: Meet Exhibit I

George Church has made a name for himself as an 'information exhibitionist'. Erika Check Hayden explores how the technological sage is turning his gaze to the next horizon - you.

Erika Check Hayden
News13 Feb 2008
Nature

Volume: 451, P: 763-765
Battle of the mind

Plans for a vaccine for Alzheimer's disease were derailed last year when clinical trials revealed serious side-effects. But as Erika Check finds out, this approach could be about to get back on track.

Erika Check
News27 Mar 2003
Nature

Volume: 422, P: 370-372
A tragic setback

With one French gene-therapy patient having developed a form of cancer, a frantic detective effort is under way to determine what went wrong — and to assess the risks faced by others. Erika Check reports.

Erika Check
News14 Nov 2002
Nature

Volume: 420, P: 116-118
So similar, yet so different

Tiny pieces of the genome can already explain many human characteristics. Erika Check Hayden looks at what they might reveal in the future.

Erika Check Hayden
News17 Oct 2007
Nature

Volume: 449, P: 762-763
The tiger's retreat

Tigers are teetering on the verge of extinction and human contact in their habitat could be their greatest threat. Erika Check investigates whether local people can live alongside India's big cats.

Erika Check
News21 Jun 2006
Nature

Volume: 441, P: 927-930
Patchwork people

For years it was assumed that tiny differences in our genetic make-up gave us our individual traits. Now it seems that those characteristics are caused by rearrangements of large chunks of our DNA — variations that could be the key to understanding disease. Erika Check investigates.

Erika Check
News19 Oct 2005
Nature

Volume: 437, P: 1084-1086
Back to 'plan A'

The received wisdom in AIDS vaccine research is that stimulating cellular immunity is more important than producing antibodies. But some experts are now reviving the antibody strategy, says Erika Check.

Erika Check
News26 Jun 2003
Nature

Volume: 423, P: 912-914
Age research: A new angle on 'old'

Are ageing and disease two sides of the same coin? Erika Check Hayden reports from an institute that is betting that they are.

Erika Check Hayden
News28 Nov 2007
Nature

Volume: 450, P: 603-605
News Feature: A crucial test

Erika Check
News01 Mar 2005
Nature Medicine

Volume: 11, P: 243-244
Cardiovascular disease gets personal

Gene-association studies hint at better ways of treating the leading cause of death, but capitalizing on them is proving to be a slow and difficult process. Erika Check Hayden reports.

Erika Check Hayden
News19 Aug 2009
Nature

Volume: 460, P: 940-941
The ups and downs of ecstasy

The clubbers' drug is now being studied as a treatment for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. Erika Check charts its rocky road from the psychedelic underground to the psychiatric clinic.

Erika Check
News13 May 2004
Nature

Volume: 429, P: 126-128
Will the real Golgi please stand up

It was discovered more than a century ago, but cell biologists are still debating whether the Golgi complex is an autonomous entity. Erika Check profiles an organelle in identity crisis.

Erika Check
News25 Apr 2002
Nature

Volume: 416, P: 780-781
Bitter pills

They were hailed as wonder drugs to banish depression, but may cause suicidal thoughts in some children. Companies are under attack for failing to publish these data. Erika Check considers the science behind a scandal.

Erika Check
News08 Sept 2004
Nature

Volume: 431, P: 122-124
Bush's legacy: An unlikely champion

Was setting up PEPFAR — a massive HIV treatment programme — the best thing that President Bush ever did? Erika Check Hayden investigates.

Erika Check Hayden
News14 Jan 2009
Nature

Volume: 457, P: 254-256
Comfortably numb

It started life as an anaesthetic, then became a psychedelic club drug. Now researchers think ketamine could hold the key to understanding and treating depression, says Erika Check.

Erika Check
News11 Oct 2006
Nature

Volume: 443, P: 629-631
Gut warfare

Far from the unhurried killer it seemed to be, HIV is a swift assassin,gutting the body's immune system within days of infection. Erika Check finds out how this new paradigm is transforming AIDS research.

Erika Check
News31 Jan 2007
Nature Medicine

Volume: 13, P: 116-117
RNA studies under fire

High-profile results challenged over statistical analysis of sequence data.

Erika Check Hayden
News25 Apr 2012
Nature

Volume: 484, P: 428
Guidance issued for US Internet research

Institutional review boards may need to take a closer look at some types of online research.

Erika Check Hayden
News24 Apr 2013
Nature

Volume: 496, P: 411
Human genome at ten: Life is complicated

The more biologists look, the more complexity there seems to be. Erika Check Hayden asks if there's a way to make life simpler.

Erika Check Hayden
News31 Mar 2010
Nature

Volume: 464, P: 664-667
Staying the course

Some feared that widespread use of AIDS treatments in Africa would encourage drug resistance, with globally disastrous consequences. But there's no crisis yet, reports Erika Check.

Erika Check
News09 Aug 2006
Nature

Volume: 442, P: 617-619