Volume 6, Number 51 December 17, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Quantum dots Climate modeling Global warming Graphene Extrasolar planets Greenhouse gases Nanotechnology Water on Mars Quantum computing Milky Way Melting of glaciers Climate change Fuel cells 10nm flash memory Earthquakes Organic non-volatile memory Hydrogen storage Robotics Carbon nanotubes Photonic crystal fiber Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope DNA sequencing technology Brain-computer interfaces Quantum communication Laser wakefield accelerators Life sciences Accelerated human evolution Neanderthals Obesity and the immune system Brain-imaging studies Cell shape Bacterial defense against the immune system Bacterial DNA modification Cancer, Myc, and mircoRNA Gelada mate selection Cancer biology Neural correlates of object perception Neural mechanisms of decision-making Resistance to HDAC inhibitor cancer therapy Pygmy evolution Sexual chemistry Evolution of eyes Bipedalism and infant weight in primates Senesence and predation Cloning Control of circadian rhythm Enzymes Drug discovery Finding regulatory DNA Viral infection mechanisms Antibody-dependent enhancement of infection Hormones and mood Evolution of skin color MicroRNA and cancer stem cells Complement and synapse elimination RNA polymerase II Autophagy Cellular differentiation and somatic evolution TRAIL, inflammation, and cancer Lost genes and human evolution Histone crosstalk Intracellular trafficking Genetic variation and aging Health and medicine Stem cells Cancer Avian flu Cardiovascular disease Mediterranean diet Autism Nicotine addiction Antidepressants Obesity, metabolism, diabetes, and cancer Alcohol and the brain Alzheimer's disease Diabetes Multiple sclerosis Dopamine neurons, FOXA2, and Parkinson's disease Variability of effects of food on metabolism Nanoparticle drug delivery Hepatitis C Sleep and mortality Cytokines and automimmune disease Nanoparticle drug delivery for cancer Thiazolidinedione diabetes drugs AIDS Nerve regeneration Parkinson's disease Inflammatory diseases Lupus Health benefits of alcohol Vaccines and Lewis carbohydrate sequences Interacting pathogens Fructose and metabolic syndrome Schizophrenia Malaria Stem cell gene therapy

Physical sciences and technology

Quantum dots

1. December 10, 2007 - Quantum-dot displays could outshine their rivals
2. December 10, 2007 - Researchers developed a quantum 'light switch'
3. December 12, 2007 - Scientists make single-photon sources brighter

Climate modeling

1. December 10, 2007 - New research may lead to better climate models for global warming
2. December 12, 2007 - New Study Increases Concerns About Climate Model Reliability - also here

Global warming

1. December 10, 2007 - Declining water levels in the Great Lakes may signal global warming - also here
2. December 11, 2007 - 2007 Brought Near-Record Heat
3. December 11, 2007 - Norway's Arctic islands at their hottest since Viking era: scientists
4. December 12, 2007 - Iceless summer sea by 2013? Greenland's moulins gushing - follow-up here
5. December 12, 2007 - Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts - also here, here, here, here,
6. December 12, 2007 - Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013'
7. December 13, 2007 - Top 11 Warmest Years On Record Have All Been In Last 13 Years
8. December 13, 2007 - Without its insulating ice cap, Arctic surface waters warm to as much as 5 C above average - also here, here, here
9. December 13, 2007 - 1998-2007 warmest decade, UN agency says at climate meet
10. December 13, 2007 - 2007 data confirms warming trend
11. December 13, 2007 - 2007 Among Warmest Years on Record
12. December 14, 2007 - 1998 to 2007: Another record scorcher

Graphene

1. December 10, 2007 - Graphene bilayer acquires variable gap

Extrasolar planets

1. December 11, 2007 - 'Twilight zones' on scorched planets could support life
2. December 11, 2007 - Dust in a Hot Jupiter's Atmosphere
3. December 11, 2007 - First Sunset Outside Our Solar System Glimpsed
4. December 12, 2007 - Hazy Red Sunset On Extrasolar Planet - also here, here
5. December 14, 2007 - Hubble sees first 'sunset' on a distant planet
6. December 14, 2007 - Gliese 581: Extrasolar Planet Might Indeed Be Habitable - also here

Greenhouse gases

1. December 11, 2007 - Peatland destruction is releasing vast amounts of CO₂
2. December 12, 2007 - More Plant Litter From Higher Carbon Dioxide Could Boost Carbon Released Into Atmosphere - also here
3. December 12, 2007 - Nitrous Oxide From Ocean Microbes Could Be Adding To Global Warming - also here, here
4. December 13, 2007 - New Model Revises Estimates Of Terrestrial Carbon Dioxide Uptake - also here, here
5. December 15, 2007 - Carbon Dioxide Expelled From Peatland When Natural Swamp Forest Is Converted To Oil Palm

Nanotechnology

1. December 11, 2007 - Nanowire 'regenerator' cleans up fibre optic signals
2. December 13, 2007 - NIST imaging system maps nanomechanical properties - also here, here
3. December 13, 2007 - Biocapture Surfaces Produced for Study of Brain Chemistry - also here

Water on Mars

1. December 11, 2007 - In Search For Water On Mars, Clues From Antarctica - also here

Quantum computing

1. December 11, 2007 - Physicists perform the first ever quantum calculation

Milky Way

1. December 12, 2007 - Milky Way's two stellar halos have opposing spins
2. December 12, 2007 - Discovery shows Milky Way halo is split in two
3. December 12, 2007 - Huge Newfound Part of Milky Way Rotates Backward
4. December 13, 2007 - Milky Way double haloes spin both ways
5. December 22, 2007 - Milky Way Galaxy Wears Two Halos Of Stars

Melting of glaciers

1. December 12, 2007 - Trouble in Them Thar Hills
2. December 12, 2007 - Greenland Melt Accelerating, According To Climate Scientist - also here, here
3. December 13, 2007 - Earth's heat adds to climate change to melt Greenland ice
4. December 13, 2007 - New Tibetan Ice Cores Missing A-bomb Blast Markers; Suggest Himalayan Ice Fields Haven't Grown In Last 50 Years - also here, here

Climate change

1. December 12, 2007 - Rising CO2 signals wetter storms for Northern Hemisphere - also here
2. December 12, 2007 - NASA Satellites Help Lift Cloud of Uncertainty on Climate Change

Fuel cells

1. December 12, 2007 - Fuel cells help make noisy, hot generators a thing of the past - also here, here
2. December 12, 2007 - Lighting up the Lunar Night with Fuel Cells
3. December 14, 2007 - Unexpected Activity Of Fuel Cell Catalysts Revealed - also here
4. December 16, 2007 - Hydrogen Fuel-cell Membrane Structure Conundrum Solved - also here

10nm flash memory

1. December 12, 2007 - Toshiba develops basic technology for world's smallest flash memory element in 10nm generation

Earthquakes

1. December 12, 2007 - Deep-sea drilling yields clues to mega-earthquakes - also here
2. December 13, 2007 - Large Earthquakes May Broadcast Warnings, But Is Anyone Tuning In To Listen? - also here, here

Organic non-volatile memory

1. December 12, 2007 - Taiwan Scientists Discover Gold Nanoparticles Stabilize Organic Memory

Hydrogen storage

1. December 12, 2007 - Combining scaffold ingredients yields surprising nanoporous structure

Robotics

1. December 12, 2007 - Honda Robots Pair Up To Lend a Hand - also here, here, here, here
2. December 14, 1007 - 'Snakebot' navigates its way round slippery problem

Carbon nanotubes

1. December 13, 2007 - Using Carbon Nanotubes To Seek And Destroy Anthrax Toxin And Other Harmful Proteins - also here, here

Photonic crystal fiber

1. December 13, 2007 - Light Sheds On New Fiber's Potential To Change Technology - also here, here

Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope

1. December 13, 2007 - NASA'S GLAST Satellite Arrives At Naval Research Lab For Testing
2. December 19, 2007 - NASA'S GLAST satellite gets unwrapped for the holidays

DNA sequencing technology

1. December 13, 2007 - New technique could dramatically lower costs of DNA sequencing - also here, here

Brain-computer interfaces

1. December 13, 2007 - Brain-computer link systems on the brink of breakthrough, study finds

Quantum communication

1. December 14, 2007 - Quantum Communication Over Flawed Networks may be Possible

Laser wakefield accelerators

1. December 14, 2007 - Compact synchrotron is unveiled

Life sciences

Accelerated human evolution

1. December 10, 2007 - Culture Speeds Up Human Evolution
2. December 10, 2007 - Rapid acceleration in human evolution described
3. December 10, 2007 - Human Evolution Is Speeding Up
4. December 11, 2007 - Human evolution recently sped up. Regional variations got sharper. Still moving fast? - that's another question
5. December 11, 2007 - Humans evolving faster than thought
6. December 11, 2007 - Genome Study Places Modern Humans In Evolutionary Fast Lane
7. December 11, 2007 - Are Humans Evolving Faster? Findings Suggest We Are Becoming More Different, Not Alike
8. December 11, 2007 - Human evolution is 'speeding up'
9. December 11, 2007 - Study finds humans still evolving, and quickly
10. December 11, 2007 - Researchers: Human Evolution Speeding Up - also here, here, here

Neanderthals

1. December 10, 2007 - Neanderthal-human hybrid 'a myth'

Obesity and the immune system

1. December 10, 2007 - Obesity Is Bacteria's Little Helper

Brain-imaging studies

1. December 10, 2007 - Brain 'irrelevance filter' found
2. December 10, 2007 - Brain Differences Identified In Adolescents With Mental Illness - also here
3. December 13, 2007 - Different Areas Of The Brain Respond To Belief, Disbelief And Uncertainty - also here, here

Cell shape

1. December 10, 2007 - Molecular Mechanism Discovered That Plays A Key Role In Giving A Cell Its Shape

Bacterial defense against the immune system

1. December 10, 2007 - Pathogens Use Previously Undescribed Mechanism To Sabotage Host Immune System - also here

Bacterial DNA modification

1. December 10, 2007 - Bacteria Employ Type Of DNA Modification Never Before Seen In Nature

Cancer, Myc, and mircoRNA

1. December 10, 2007 - Scientists discover new role for miRNA in leukemia - also here, here
2. December 12, 2007 - Silencing Small But Mighty Cancer Inhibitors - also here, here
3. December 13, 2007 - Researchers zero in on the tiniest members in the war on cancer

Gelada mate selection

1. December 10, 2007 - Where do you stand? Research shows clues in rules of the wild

Cancer biology

1. December 11, 2007 - Keeping At-risk Cells From Developing Cancer
2. December 16, 2007 - Cancer: Why The Switch Stays On - also here

Neural correlates of object perception

1. December 11, 2007 - Researchers Can Read Thoughts To Decipher What A Person Is Actually Seeing

Neural mechanisms of decision-making

1. December 11, 2007 - Neurons In The Frontal Lobe May Be Responsible For Rational Decision-making - also here

Resistance to HDAC inhibitor cancer therapy

1. December 11, 2007 - Cancer cell line developed that is resistant to new cancer therapy

Pygmy evolution

1. December 12, 2007 - Why Pygmies Evolved to Be Shorter

Sexual chemistry

1. December 12, 2007 - When She's Turned On, Some Of Her Genes Turn Off, Fish Study Shows - also here, here

Evolution of eyes

1. December 12, 2007 - Fresh fossil evidence of eye forerunner uncovered - also here

Bipedalism and infant weight in primates

1. December 12, 2007 - Walking tall to protect the species - also here

Senesence and predation

1. December 12, 2007 - The bear necessities of aging

Cloning

1. December 12, 2007 - SKoreans clone cats that glow in the dark: officials - also here, here
2. December 13, 2007 - Scientist clone glow-in-the-dark cats
3. December 14, 2007 - Cats that glow red in the dark
4. December 14, 2007 - SKorean Scientists Clone Cats That Glow - also here, here, here

Control of circadian rhythm

1. December 12, 2007 - Genetic switch for circadian rhythms discovered - also here
2. December 13, 2007 - Body clock 'control switch' found

Enzymes

1. December 13, 2007 - The Dynamic Dance Of Enzymes - also here

Drug discovery

1. December 13, 2007 - New Computational Technique Can Predict Drug Side Effects - also here, here

Finding regulatory DNA

1. December 13, 2007 - More 'Functional' DNA In Genome Than Previously Thought - also here

Viral infection mechanisms

1. December 13, 2007 - Deadly Virus Strips Away Immune System's Defensive Measures - also here
2. December 14, 2007 - Learning How The Herpes Virus Invades Cells, Through Use Of Bimolecular Complementation

Antibody-dependent enhancement of infection

1. December 13, 2007 - Immune Compound Blocks Virus' Ability To Hijack Antibodies - also here

Hormones and mood

1. December 13, 2007 - Experts call for better research into link between women's hormones and mood disorders - also here

Evolution of skin color

1. December 13, 2007 - Same genetic machinery generates skin color evolution in fish and humans

MicroRNA and cancer stem cells

1. December 14, 2007 - MicroRNA Regulates Cancer Stem Cells: Could Lead To Treating Cancer As A Whole - also here

Complement and synapse elimination

1. December 14, 2007 - Immune System May Target Some Brain Synapses, Researchers Find - also here

RNA polymerase II

1. December 14, 2007 - Evolution with a restricted number of genes - also here

Autophagy

1. December 14, 2007 - Aging gracefully requires taking out the trash - also here
2. December 14, 2007 - Identification of new genes shows a complex path to cell death - also here

Cellular differentiation and somatic evolution

1. December 14, 2007 - How cell differentiation patterns suppress somatic evolution - also here

TRAIL, inflammation, and cancer

1. December 15, 2007 - The Long And Winding Trail To Cancer
2. December 28, 2007 - Cell-death receptor links cancer susceptibility and inflammation - also here

Lost genes and human evolution

1. December 15, 2007 - Losses Of Long-established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution

Histone crosstalk

1. December 15, 2007 - Lab sheds light on molecular machinery required for translation of histone crosstalk

Intracellular trafficking

1. December 16, 2007 - Protein-dependent 'Switch' Regulates Intracellular Trafficking In Epithelial Cells - also here, here

Genetic variation and aging

1. December 16, 2007 - Genetic Differences Influence Aging Rates In The Wild - also here, here

Health and medicine

Stem cells

1. December 10, 2007 - Umbilical cord blood can help metabolic disorders
2. December 11, 2007 - Cord Blood Viable Option For Kids With Life-threatening Metabolic Disorders - also here
3. December 12, 2007 - Stem-cell patch may fix damaged hearts
4. December 12, 2007 - Stem Cells Overpower Muscle Disease
5. December 12, 2007 - Stem cells may ease muscular dystrophy - also here
6. December 12, 2007 - Brain Stem Cells Sensitive To Space Radiation - also here
7. December 12, 2007 - Stem cell therapy counters muscular dystrophy in mice: study
8. December 13, 2007 - Granddaddy Of Human Blood Cells Identified
9. December 13, 2007 - Scientists Overcome Major Obstacles To Stem Cell Heart Repair - also here
10. December 13, 2007 - Progress cited in fighting dystrophy
11. December 14, 2007 - Muscular Dystrophy: Reprogrammed Human Adult Stem Cells Rescue Diseased Muscle In Mice - also here
12. December 16, 2007 - Stem Cells Show Power To Predict Disease, Drug Toxicity
13. December 16, 2007 - Stem Cells Used to Fix Breast Defects - also here, here
14. December 16, 2007 - Stem cells used to rebuild breasts after lumpectomies

Cancer

1. December 10, 2007 - Gentler chemo helps patients survive lymphoma
2. December 10, 2007 - Meat raises lung cancer risk, too, study finds
3. December 10, 2007 - Mixed results from Bristol-Myers melanoma trials
4. December 10, 2007 - High blood sugar raises risk of polyp recurrence
5. December 10, 2007 - Complete Response With Oblimersen Combination Improves Survival Of CLL Patients - also here
6. December 10, 2007 - Dasatinib, Nilotinib Show Strong Early Results As Frontline Therapy For Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - also here
7. December 10, 2007 - ZOLINZA (vorinostat) in combination with bortezomib demonstrated clinical activity
8. December 10, 2007 - Growth factor receptor affects prostate cancer progression
9. December 11, 2007 - Leukemia vaccine triples event-free survival
10. December 11, 2007 - Leukemia vaccine tested in clinical trials
11. December 11, 2007 - Extended therapy may benefit breast cancer patients
12. December 11, 2007 - Evidence Links Anemia Drugs With Leukemic Transformation In Patients With Primary Myelofibrosis
13. December 11, 2007 - New Therapeutic Options For Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients
14. December 11, 2007 - Eating More Red And Processed Meats Linked To Greater Risk For Bowel And Lung Cancer, Findings Suggest
15. December 11, 2007 - Vaccine Improves Event-free Survival For Leukemia Patients - also here
16. December 11, 2007 - Discovery Opens New Window To Understanding Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - also here
17. December 11, 2007 - Early Phase II results show bosutinib safe, effective for CML
18. December 11, 2007 - Scientists develop new drug to outflank cancer resistance
19. December 12, 2007 - Extracellular Protein Sensitizes Ovarian Cancer Cells To Chemotherapy - also here
20. December 12, 2007 - Gene Linked To Aggressive Prostate Cancer, Study Finds - also here, here
21. December 12, 2007 - Researcher Discovers What Fuels Certain Cancer Mutation
22. December 12, 2007 - Researcher Develops Test For Targeted Therapy In Acute Myeloid Leukemia - also here
23. December 12, 2007 - Most carriers of Fanconi anemia genes are not at a higher risk of cancer
24. December 13, 2007 - Cancer and red meat link strengthened
25. December 13, 2007 - 3-D Mammography Adds New Dimension to Breast Cancer Screening
26. December 13, 2007 - Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trial Shows Distinct Survival Benefit With Lower Dose Of Steroids
27. December 13, 2007 - Three-drug Combination 'Extremely Promising' As First-line Therapy For Multiple Myeloma - also here
28. December 13, 2007 - PET/CT Imaging Proves Golden for Detecting Cancer in Children - also here
29. December 14, 2007 - Laser scanner gives 3D view inside tumours
30. December 14, 2007 - Drug Study For Brain Cancer Shows Promising Results
31. December 14, 2007 - Wild mushroom can fight prostate cancer: researchers
32. December 14, 2007 - Strong link between obesity and colorectal cancer - also here
33. December 14, 2007 - Herceptin helps women with multiple chromosomes containing HER2 gene, study finds - also here
34. December 14, 2007 - Test to spot early breast cancer
35. December 14, 2007 - Test may spare many women chemotherapy
36. December 14, 2007 - Men Carry Breast Cancer Genes, Too - also here
37. December 15, 2007 - A 'Neu' Protein Target In The Treatment Of Breast Cancers
38. December 15, 2007 - Fewer Breast Patients May Need Chemo - also here, here
39. December 16, 2007 - Glaxo cancer drug Tykerb shows more brain benefits
40. December 16, 2007 - Active Compounds Found In Fungus Has Potential To Treat Prostate Cancer - also here, here
41. December 16, 2007 - Drug combination shrinks breast cancer metastases in brain - also here
42. December 16, 2007 - Even tiny breast tumors can be aggressive and may require maximum therapy - also here
43. December 16, 2007 - Key to cancer drug use pinpointed
44. December 18, 2007 - Even Tiny Breast Tumors May Need Aggressive Treatment - also here

Avian flu

1. December 10, 2007 - China hunts father-and-son bird flu link
2. December 11, 2007 - China warns of winter bird flu outbreaks
3. December 12, 2007 - Indonesian man tests positive for bird flu
4. December 12, 2007 - H5N1 bird flu new sites found in Poland
5. December 12, 2007 - Russia examines bird flu outbreak at poultry farm
6. December 13, 2007 - Indonesian man dies from bird flu
7. December 14, 2007 - WHO confirms Myanmar's first human case of bird flu
8. December 15, 2007 - Bird Flu Flares Again in Asia - also here
9. December 15, 2007 - Myanmar Reports 1st Human Bird Flu Case
10. December 16, 2007 - One dead, five infected with bird flu in Pakistan
11. December 16, 2007 - WHO to Investigate Pakistan Bird Flu - also here

Cardiovascular disease

1. December 10, 2007 - High blood pressure tied to dementia: researchers
2. December 10, 2007 - High blood pressure ups risk of mental decline
3. December 10, 2007 - Sticking with sleep apnea treatment cuts BP
4. December 10, 2007 - Heart artery deposits risky even in low-risk women
5. December 10, 2007 - Good physical functioning tied to lower stroke risk
6. December 10, 2007 - Depression Linked To Death Following Heart Attack - also here
7. December 11, 2007 - Abdominal Fat Distribution Predicts Heart Disease, Study Shows - also here
8. December 11, 2007 - Up to half of hypertension patients are not reaching blood pressure goals
9. December 12, 2007 - Lipitor ups risk of bleeding stroke: study
10. December 12, 2007 - Cholesterol drugs may raise brain hemorrhage risk
11. December 12, 2007 - Calcium In Coronary Arteries May Be Linked To Increased Risk For Heart Disease In Low-risk Women
12. December 12, 2007 - Good Physical Function After Age 40 Tied To Reduced Risk Of Stroke - also here
13. December 12, 2007 - High Blood Pressure Associated With Risk For Mild Cognitive Impairment - also here
14. December 12, 2007 - Study: Monthly Fasting May Help Heart - also here, here, here
15. December 13, 2007 - Cholesterol-lowering Drugs And The Risk Of Hemorrhagic Stroke - also here
16. December 13, 2007 - Blood Pressure Drug Telmisartan Shows Powerful Activity Against Stroke - also here, here
17. December 15, 2007 - Cardiovascular Disease: New Ideas For Treatment Of Atherosclerosis
18. December 17, 2007 - Most Adults With Conditions That Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risk Have High Blood Pressure

Mediterranean diet

1. December 10, 2007 - Mediterranean diet lengthens Americans' lives - also here
2. December 11, 2007 - Mediterranean Diet And Physical Activity Each Associated With Lower Death Rate Over 5 Years - also here

Autism

1. December 10, 2007 - Brain Overgrowth In One-year-olds Linked To Development Of Autism, Study Says - also here

Nicotine addiction

1. December 10, 2007 - Nicotine Addiction Might Be Controlled By Influencing Brain Mechanisms - also here

Antidepressants

1. December 10, 2007 - New Strategy For Developing Fast-acting Antidepressants - also here
2. December 13, 2007 - Venlafaxine extended-release effective for patients with major depression - also here

Obesity, metabolism, diabetes, and cancer

1. December 10, 2007 - Obesity And Metabolism: Weight Gain And The Growing Risk Of Cancer

Alcohol and the brain

1. December 10, 2007 - Secrets Of Alcohol's Effect On Brain Cells Revealed - also here

Alzheimer's disease

1. December 10, 2007 - Sugary Beverages May Increase Alzheimer's Risk
2. December 11, 2007 - Lipids In The Brain An Important Factor For Alzheimer's Disease?

Diabetes

1. December 10, 2007 - Research says Diabetics Most at Risk from Neglected Post Meal Sugar Peak - also here, here
2. December 11, 2007 - Smoking raises risk for diabetes, researchers say
3. December 12, 2007 - Smoking Associated With Increased Risk Of Diabetes, Study Finds - also here

Multiple sclerosis

1. December 10, 2007 - Combination therapy including antibiotics may be beneficial for multiple sclerosis - also here

Dopamine neurons, FOXA2, and Parkinson's disease

1. December 10, 2007 - The birth and death of dopamine neurons: A new model for neurodegeneration

Variability of effects of food on metabolism

1. December 10, 2007 - New research promises personalized dietary guidelines

Nanoparticle drug delivery

1. December 10, 2007 - 'Golden bullet' shows promise for killing common parasite - also here

Hepatitis C

1. December 11, 2007 - Bile acid may improve hepatitis C therapy response

Sleep and mortality

1. December 11, 2007 - Too little or too much sleep tied to death risk

Cytokines and automimmune disease

1. December 11, 2007 - Delicate Protein Balance Behind Immune System Response Uncovered - also here

Nanoparticle drug delivery for cancer

1. December 12, 2007 - Nanoparticles release drugs on demand

Thiazolidinedione diabetes drugs

1. December 12, 2007 - Use Of Diabetes Medication By Older Adults Linked With Increased Risk Of Heart Problems, Death
2. December 12, 2007 - Avandia risks highlighted

AIDS

1. December 13, 2007 - Semen chemical promotes HIV infection
2. December 13, 2007 - Ingredient in human semen may enhance HIV infection
3. December 13, 2007 - Semen boosts HIV transmission
4. December 14, 2007 - Semen protein ushers HIV into cells
5. December 14, 2007 - Semen Ingredient 'Drastically' Enhances HIV Infection

Nerve regeneration

1. December 13, 2007 - Polymer scaffolds may restore damaged nerves
2. December 13, 2007 - Neurotransmitters In Biopolymers Stimulate Nerve Regeneration - also here

Parkinson's disease

1. December 13, 2007 - Researcher: Cause and Treatment for Parkinson's "In Our Sights"
2. December 14, 2007 - Green Tea May Protect Brain Cells Against Parkinson's Disease - also here

Inflammatory diseases

1. December 13, 2007 - How Bacteria In Cows' Milk May Cause Crohn's Disease - also here
2. December 13, 2007 - Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Zebrafish Study Shows Key Enzyme In Gut Is A Peacemaker - also here

Lupus

1. December 13, 2007 - Molecular 'Trip Switch' Shuts Down Inflammatory Response: Important Implications For Lupus - also here
2. December 13, 2007 - Profound immune system discovery opens door to halting destruction of lupus
3. December 16, 2007 - New approach for attacking lupus identified - also here

Health benefits of alcohol

1. December 14, 2007 - A Drink To Healthy Aging - also here

Vaccines and Lewis carbohydrate sequences

1. December 14, 2007 - Why Vaccines Directed Against Cancer, HIV Don't Work

Interacting pathogens

1. December 14, 2007 - Can Interacting Pathogens Explain Disease Patterns? - also here

Fructose and metabolic syndrome

1. December 14, 2007 - Too Much Fructose Could Leave Dieters Sugar Shocked - also here, here

Schizophrenia

1. December 15, 2007 - Effective New Treatment For Schizophrenia

Malaria

1. December 15, 2007 - New target for anti-malaria drugs

Stem cell gene therapy

1. December 16, 2007 - Advancing Stem Cell Gene Therapy - also here

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