The biggest advance came late on December 8th, when news surfaced of a breakthrough deal on the public option.

ECONOMIST: Health-care reform

Novartis' ( NVS - news - people ) breakthrough leukemia drug.

FORBES: American Society of Clinical Oncology

Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people )' breakthrough cancer drug Gleevec helped somewhat but failed to dislodge the mutant cells from their hideout inside his bone marrow.

FORBES: The Race Is On

The focus here at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology is mostly on Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) and its breakthrough medicines, which are pushing death from cancer back a few months at a time by aiming at genetic quirks.

FORBES: Can Cholesterol Drugs Prevent Cancer?

Two breakthrough drugs from Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) offer hope for patients with the more severe "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.

FORBES: Banishing Blind Spots

Two breakthrough drugs from Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) offer hope for patients with the more severe "wet" form (which is more common in Asia than in the U.S.) of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.

FORBES: Banishing Blind Spots

You will all remember a crucial breakthrough in the James Holmes case that came courtesy of Jana Winter, a veteran Fox News journalist, in late July of last year.

FORBES: Protecting The First Amendment