Business

• A Bridge to Cross the Valley of Death by DANIEL S. LEVINE
  
• The Bulls Strike Back
  Podcast: July 3, 2009
• Summer Sizzle by MARIE DAGHLIAN
  A hot week for biotech dealmaking as Roche aligns itself with BIO.

Health

• System Break Down
  A new study says adverse work conditions may be to blame for the decrease in the number of primary care physicians.
• Thigh Anxiety
  Being stressed out can cause people to gain weight.
• Suppressing the Suppressor
  Researchers pinpoint a new enemy for tumor-suppressor p53.

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Policy / Law

• Making Comparisons Effective
  Any cost-versus-efficiency studies of healthcare should consider at least five elements, researchers say.
• How Personalized Medicine Is Transforming Healthcare
  Podcast: June 12, 2009
• Inheritance Tax
  Individuals with family history of genetic disease are at risk of discrimination.

Society

• Power of Prayer
  Novel social history of intercessory prayer studies reveals growing religious diversity and diminishing belief in science to measure the value of prayer.
• Ticking Time Bomb
  Climate change could trigger a host of environmental disasters by 2050, setting off a wave of massive and disruptive migrations, a new report finds.
• Identity Crisis
  Cancer drug causes patient to lose fingerprints and be detained by U.S. immigration.

Tech/Innovation

• Nervous Reaction
  Researchers close on the first artificial nerve cell that can communicate with nerve cells in the body using neurotransmitters.
• Gainful Gonads
  Researchers say a unique culture method has enabled them to create a clearly defined cell type from the testis of adult mice and converted them into pluripotent stem cells.
• Don’t Forget Your Coffee
  New research suggests caffeine significantly decreased abnormal levels of the protein linked to Alzheimer's disease in mice.