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   BROWSE BY AUTHOR : MALCOLM RITTER
Brain Scans May Be Used As Lie Detectors -- Malcolm Ritter  -- Washington Post  -- January 28, 2006

Interest in using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain-scanning technology as a lie-detector by government agencies and criminal defense lawyers is increasing although there are still many scientific and ethical questions left to be resolved.

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There's No Monkeying Around With Cloning -- Malcolm Ritter  -- Los Angeles Times  -- December 07, 2003

Almost seven years after the birth of Dolly the sheep shocked scientists and the public, cloning has shown mixed progress. Scientists have achieved it in more than a dozen mammal species but an efficient cloning process still eludes them. Clones are more prone to physical defects than regular animals are. And researchers haven't been able to duplicate monkeys from adult or fetal tissue, a goal that could help medical research.

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