Nature - the world's best science and medicine on your desktop http://www.nature.com/news/ Nature Publishing Group en Nature Publishing Group News at Nature © 2009 Nature Publishing Group permissions@nature.com 1744-7933 http://feeds.nature.com/~r/news/rss/news_s3/~3/DToqsiJPVfA/462406a.html The new head of the US Food and Drug Administration has inherited an agency battered by crises. Meredith Wadman asks whether Peggy Hamburg can concoct a cure.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/rss/news_s3/~4/DToqsiJPVfA" height="1" width="1"/> The FDA: A tough tonic 10.1038/462406a Nature Wed Nov 25 17:00:00 EST 2009 News at Nature Wed Nov 25 17:00:00 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091125/full/462406a.html?s=news_rss http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091125/full/462404a.html?s=news_rss Experimental planting scheme has insufficient controls to prevent gene flow to native crops, critcs say. Mexico's transgenic maize under fire 10.1038/462404a Nature Wed Nov 25 15:25:00 EST 2009 News at Nature Wed Nov 25 15:25:00 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091123/full/462401a.html?s=news_rss deCODE's demise leaves fate of its valuable genetic database unclear. Icelandic genomics firm goes bankrupt 10.1038/462401a Nature Mon Nov 23 20:56:17 EST 2009 News at Nature Mon Nov 23 20:56:17 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091119/full/news.2009.1097.html?s=news_rss Biotech firm hopes to use RNA interference to boost drug yields. Gene silencing predicted to improve drug manufacturing 10.1038/news.2009.1097 Nature Thu Nov 19 19:20:30 EST 2009 News at Nature Thu Nov 19 19:20:30 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091119/full/news.2009.1090.html?s=news_rss Materials science and green technology should win large funding increases. South Korean R&D budget to soar 10.1038/news.2009.1090 Nature Thu Nov 19 13:11:13 EST 2009 News at Nature Thu Nov 19 13:11:13 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091118/full/news.2009.1095.html?s=news_rss Latest salvo in the gene-synthesis 'standards war' sees firms set up a competing code. Gene-makers form security coalition 10.1038/news.2009.1095 Nature Wed Nov 18 18:22:00 EST 2009 News at Nature Wed Nov 18 18:22:00 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091118/full/462270a.html?s=news_rss Gretchen Daily knows the value of ecosystems — but can ascribing financial worth to them help to maintain biodiversity? Emma Marris meets an ecosystem-services evangelist. Biodiversity: Putting a price on nature 10.1038/462270a Nature Wed Nov 18 18:00:00 EST 2009 News at Nature Wed Nov 18 18:00:00 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091117/full/462258a.html?s=news_rss The government's election promises vowed more support for science, but so far budgets look set to shrink. Japanese science faces deep cuts 10.1038/462258a Nature Tue Nov 17 16:34:35 EST 2009 News at Nature Tue Nov 17 16:34:35 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091116/full/462265a.html?s=news_rss Referral to European Court may help to harmonize laws on intellectual property. Fresh hope for German stem-cell patent case 10.1038/462265a Nature Mon Nov 16 18:39:46 EST 2009 News at Nature Mon Nov 16 18:39:46 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091110/full/462149a.html?s=news_rss But initiatives meet with mixed response. China moves to help high-tech firms 10.1038/462149a Nature Tue Nov 10 17:22:00 EST 2009 News at Nature Tue Nov 10 17:22:00 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091110/full/462144a.html?s=news_rss Expectations are dropping as December's UN climate talks get closer. End of the road for Copenhagen? 10.1038/462144a Nature Tue Nov 10 16:24:20 EST 2009 News at Nature Tue Nov 10 16:24:20 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091110/full/news.2009.1073.html?s=news_rss Woo Suk Hwang's former collaborator emerges from the shadow of scandal. The dog cloner 10.1038/news.2009.1073 Nature Tue Nov 10 11:26:25 EST 2009 News at Nature Tue Nov 10 11:26:25 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091104/full/news.2009.1065.html?s=news_rss But few companies are willing to sign up yet. Gene-makers put forward security standards 10.1038/news.2009.1065 Nature Wed Nov 04 18:42:25 EST 2009 News at Nature Wed Nov 04 18:42:25 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091104/full/462016a.html?s=news_rss The week in science News briefing: 5 November 2009 10.1038/462016a Nature Wed Nov 04 16:30:00 EST 2009 News at Nature Wed Nov 04 16:30:00 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091103/full/462017a.html?s=news_rss Focus shifts to blocking parasite transmission. Initiative targets malaria eradication 10.1038/462017a Nature Tue Nov 03 18:18:33 EST 2009 News at Nature Tue Nov 03 18:18:33 EST 2009 http://www.nature.com/includes/rj_globnavimages/news_logo.gif http://www.nature.com/news/