Making opiates. Sex development disorders.

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• Articles in The Scientist, Chemistry World and Free District about Stanford University research on making opiates without poppies quote Biology professor Vincent Martin about his own work  on the development of a yeast strain to make opiates. Martin is quoted also in an article in The Independent (UK) about the legal and social implications of using yeast to "home brew" opiates. Finally, Martin's study is mentioned in an article inScience Mag that also ponders the implications of yeast-based opiates. The Martin strudy, co-authored with bioengineer John Dueber at University of California, Berkeley, appeared in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, in May.
• Media reports are circulating about a study co-authored by psychology professor William Bukowski into how people with sex development disorders may have difficulty  forming positive relationships: Medical Express,Business Standard, News-Medical, Web India 123, Daijiworld, ummid.com, India Today, New Kerala and Can-India News.

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