COVER STORY
The Century of the Cell
Searching for money while sidestepping ethical controversy, biotech companies around the world are pursuing the great promise of stem cell technology.
By Maureen McDonough

Business + Strategy

Science + Technology

• Wal-Mart, Google, and the Future of Medicine
  CONFERENCE - Thought leaders gather to discuss the consequences of medicine's shift toward personalized care.
• 9/11 DNA Panel Report
  DNA IDENTIFICATION - Report urges government and industry to "be prepared" for future victim identification.
• Labcyte Demonstrates 'Sound' Transfer
  FULLY EQUIPPED - Fluid management is big business, and Labcyte has an admirable technological approach.
  By Robert M. Frederickson
• News Blast
• New Products

IT + Informatics

• Supercomputing Show: Microsoft and Top500
  HPC- Bill Gates headlines conference on future of high-performance computing.
• W3C Forms Life Sciences Semantic Web Group
  SEMANTIC WEB - Vendors, users tackle life science, healthcare issues.
• Saving the World
  INSIDE THE BOX - Well-defined interfaces exceed expectations. 
  By Chris Dwan
• News Blast

In Every Issue

• The Century of the Mind
  FIRST BASE - The largest neuroscience center in the world opens at MIT.
  By Kevin Davies 
• GeneGo's Pathway to Profits
  THE RUSSELL TRANSCRIPT - GeneGo treads a trail to pathway analysis success.
  By John Russell

PrintLinks

• Information Integration Challenges
  By Michael Abbott
• e-Documents Enhance BPM
  By Melonie Warfel