LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Actress Meryl Streep is set to play culinary icon Julia Child in Nora Ephron's screen adaptation of Julie Powell's book, "Julie & Julia," Variety.com said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- "Capote" was named best feature and its director, Bennett Miller, was honored as well at 15th annual Gotham Awards in New York.
Lack of mating choices led to sloppy gene control among early humans, a new cancer therapy kills tumors while leaving healthy cells alone, and other genetic research news.
---, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Gene profile technology may help determine prognosis of patients with advanced ovarian cancer, over-expression of a newly identified protein diminishes the activity of tumor-suppressor p53, and other genetic research news.