Remember biology class where you learned that children inherit one copy of a gene from mom and a second from dad? There's a twist: Some of those genes arrive switched off, so there is no backup if the other copy goes bad, making you more vulnerable to disorders from obesity to cancer. ...more

December 14, 2007

Scientists eased symptoms of muscular dystrophy in mice by injecting modified stem cells from human patients, a preliminary result that raises hopes for treating patients with tissue from their own bodies. ...more

December 13, 2007

Paul Sisco, the attorney representing Sandra Prince's boyfriend, wants the results of soil samples taken in connection with her disappearance to be released to the public. ...more

November 29, 2007

Embryonic stem cells can develop into all kinds of tissue. Scientists have long sought to find a way to create such cells because of the potential for new ways to treat disease and injury. ...more

November 21, 2007

TAMPA - Jerrod Pass, charged with seven counts of rape and one of attempted rape, pleaded not guilty today to charges of sexual battery and burglary with assault. ...more

October 30, 2007

The Democratic leadership in Congress totally missed the message from 2006 on domestic spending. They now erroneously believe that they were voted in because of their domestic agenda and that they will woo voters by passing massive spending bills and expanding already expensive programs. Their approval ratings say otherwise. ...more

October 26, 2007

Three months after a woman was found dead alongside her 15-month-old son, St. Petersburg police announced Tuesday that a former technical sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base is the child's father. ...more

October 24, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Three months after a woman was found dead alongside her 15-month-old son, St. Petersburg police announced Tuesday that a former technical sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base is the child's father. ...more

October 23, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - The first-degree murder trial of Phillup Alan Partin has been put on hold until Tuesday so the defense can send a blood sample to Raleigh, N.C., for testing. ...more

October 5, 2007

The man who investigators say abducted and killed a Seffner woman and left her body in a burning stolen van has been brought back to Hillsborough County from a holding cell in the Panhandle. ...more

October 4, 2007