Volume 7, Number 11 March 17, 2008

Physical sciences and technology Earthquakes Photovoltaics Planetary nebulae Earth's core Hydrogen production Nanotechnology Artificial intelligence Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis Carbon nanotubes Quantum information Quantum dots Global warming Primordial black holes Brain-computer interface Charmed-strange mesons Gulf Stream DNA nanotechnology Solar oxygen Graphene Protoplanetary systems Zitterbewegung Amino acids in meteorites Supersolids Water on Mars Robotics Black holes Climate modeling Controlled fusion Superconductivity Third degree transcendental L-functions Water on Tethys Dark Ages Lunar Interferometer Life sciences Island dwarf humans Bacterial defense against the immune system Telomeres MicroRNA and cancer Coevolution of toxicity and immunity Dual visual systems Animal language Invasive species and evolutionary novelty Brain-imaging studies Cancer biology Acetyltransferase Cyanobacteria Proteins activated by mechanical force Neovascularization Developmental biology Natural killer cells Longevity genes Brain atlas Natural cloning Glycerol metabolism Grammar understanding Mitochondria and gene networks linked to obesity Stress, learning, and memory Notch signaling, bone growth, and bone cancer The grandmother hypothesis Systems biology Metagenomics Feeding behavior of marine bacteria Escherichia coli Caspases, inflammation, and programmed cell death TRPV1 pain receptors, depression, learning, and memory Cheating Child vs. adult memory Human Proteinpedia Autophagy and peroxisomes Glycosylation Health and medicine Alzheimer's disease Influenza vaccines Avian flu Cancer Cardiovascular disease Nanobiotechnology Antioxidants Glucose regulation Stem cells Obesity Depression Sleep and health Gene therapy Meal frequency and health Malaria Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epigenetic changes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Diabetes Antibiotics Phenylpropanoids Parkinson's disease Computer-aided drug design Cardiovascular benefits of omega-3 fatty acids BDNF and mood disorders Obesity, mitochondria, and fat metabolism Macrophages and inflammatory disease Glutamate and fibromyalgia Fat formation, obesity, and insulin resistance Bipolar disorder Schizophrenia Tuberculosis Diabetes and atherosclerosis Cocaine addiction Intestinal inflammation, defensins, and caspases

Physical sciences and technology

Earthquakes

1. March 10, 2008 - Mega-quakes rare but can occur anywhere

Photovoltaics

1. March 10, 2008 - Colorful Idea Sparks Renewable Electricity From Painting Solar Cells

Planetary nebulae

1. March 10, 2008 - Finally, The 'Planet' In Planetary Nebulae? - also here, here
2. March 18, 2008 - New Clues to the Most Amazing Shapes in Space

Earth's core

1. March 10, 2008 - Discovery Of Earth's Inner, Innermost Core Confirmed - also here

Hydrogen production

1. March 10, 2008 - Efficient Catalysts for Making Oxygen for 'Artificial Photosynthesis'

Nanotechnology

1. March 10, 2008 - Molecular computer could be 'nanobot brain'
2. March 10, 2008 - Tiny Brain-Like Computer Created
3. March 11, 2008 - Chemical brain controls nanobots
4. March 12, 2008 - Tiny Brain-Like Transistor Controls Nanobots
5. March 12, 2008 - Copolymers block out new approaches to microelectronics at NIST - also here
6. March 12, 2008 - Nanomaterials Show Unexpected Strength Under Stress - also here
7. March 13, 2008 - All Done With Mirrors: Microscope Tracks Nanoparticles In 3-D - also here
8. March 14, 2008 - Surface Structure Of Gold Nanocrystals Probed - also here

Artificial intelligence

1. March 11, 2008 - Virtual child passes mental milestone
2. March 11, 2008 - Researchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities Of A Child - also here

Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis

1. March 11, 2008 - Europe To Build State Of The Art Laboratory - also here

Carbon nanotubes

1. March 11, 2008 - Nanatechnology Past And Future: Big Engineering Achievements On A Small Scale
2. March 14, 2008 - Carbon nanotubes outperform copper nanowires as interconnects - also here, here
3. March 14, 2008 - Carbon Nanotubes Help Fix Bones

Quantum information

1. March 11, 2008 - Classical communication problem solved using quantum entanglement
2. March 13, 2008 - Physicists discover how fundamental particles lose track of quantum mechanical properties - also here

Quantum dots

1. March 11, 2008 - Scientists prevent QDs from "blinking"

Global warming

1. March 12, 2008 - Not Much Warming Under the Sun
2. March 16, 2008 - UN: World's Glaciers Melting Faster - also here, here
3. March 16, 2008 - Glaciers suffer record shrinkage
4. March 17, 2008 - Glaciers melting at 'alarming' rate
5. March 18, 2008 - Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Expected, UN Reports

Primordial black holes

1. March 12, 2008 - Searching For A Tiny New Dimension, Curled Up Like The Universe Before The Big Bang - also here, here

Brain-computer interface

1. March 12, 2008 - Mind Over Body: New Hope For Quadriplegics - also here

Charmed-strange mesons

1. March 12, 2008 - Physicists Confirm Rare Particle Prediction, After 30 Years Of Study - also here, here

Gulf Stream

1. March 12, 2008 - Atlantic's Gulf Stream has huge influence on atmosphere

DNA nanotechnology

1. March 12, 2008 - Nano-scale structures made from DNA: study

Solar oxygen

1. March 12, 2008 - Genesis Finding: Earth Has a Problem
2. March 13, 2008 - The Solar System's first breath
3. March 15, 2008 - Crashed probe yields Sun secrets

Graphene

1. March 12, 2008 - Graphene shows pseudospin magnetism

Protoplanetary systems

1. March 13, 2008 - A Solar System That Looks Like Home
2. March 13, 2008 - Spitzer Finds Organics And Water Where New Planets May Grow - also here
3. March 14, 2008 - Hot Spitzer News!
4. March 15, 2008 - First Step Of Earth-Like Planet Formation Observed
5. March 16, 2008 - Astronomers Find Grains Of Sand Around Distant Stars - also here, here

Zitterbewegung

1. March 13, 2008 - Ultracold Atoms Could Replicate The Electron 'Jitterbug' - also here, here

Amino acids in meteorites

1. March 13, 2008 - Life's Building Blocks From Space? Meteorites A Rich Source For Primordial Soup - also here, here
2. March 13, 2008 - Space Rocks Brought Life's Raw Material
3. March 14, 2008 - Meteorites are rich in the building blocks of life, claims new research

Supersolids

1. March 13, 2008 - Can quantum antiferromagnets reveal secrets of bosonic supersolids?

Water on Mars

1. March 13, 2008 - Huge ice deposits 'seen' on Mars
2. March 17, 2008 - Icy Promethei Planum

Robotics

1. March 13, 2008 - Researchers Show Off Laser-Guided Robot - also here
2. March 20, 2008 - Robot Fetches Objects With Just A Point And A Click - also here

Black holes

1. March 14, 2008 - Information May Leak from Black Holes at Dial-Up Speeds

Climate modeling

1. March 14, 2008 - Modern Physics Is Critical To Global Warming Research - also here, here

Controlled fusion

1. March 14, 2008 - World's Largest Fusion Experiment Of The Stellarator Type -- Wendelstein 7-X -- Taking Shape - also here

Superconductivity

1. March 14, 2008 - Two-Dimensional High-Temperature Superconductor Discovered - also here
2. March 16, 2008 - Closing The 'Pseudogap' On Superconductivity - also here

Third degree transcendental L-functions

1. March 14, 2008 - Glimpses of a new (mathematical) world - also here, here, here
2. March 14, 2008 - Million-dollar maths prize comes a step closer
3. April 5, 2008 - Creeping Up on Riemann

Water on Tethys

1. March 14, 2008 - Saturn moon 'once had ocean'

Dark Ages Lunar Interferometer

1. March 15, 2008 - Designing A Lunar Telescope To See Into The Dark Ages - also here, here

Life sciences

Island dwarf humans

1. March 10, 2008 - Tiny Palau skeletons suggest "hobbits" were dwarfs
2. March 10, 2008 - Hobbit Redux?
3. March 10, 2008 - Ancient Bones of Small Humans Discovered in Palau
4. March 10, 2008 - Pacific "dwarf" bones cause controversy
5. March 11, 2008 - New bones suggest 'hobbits' were modern pygmies
6. March 11, 2008 - Tiny Pacific skeletons stir hobbit debate
7. March 11, 2008 - Micronesian Islands Colonized By Small-bodied Humans - also here
8. March 12, 2008 - Island find stirs Hobbit debate
9. March 13, 2008 - More hobbits in the Pacific?
10. March 18, 2008 - Debate Over 'Little People' Intensifies After Recent Island Discovery

Bacterial defense against the immune system

1. March 10, 2008 - Score One for the Microbes

Telomeres

1. March 10, 2008 - How Worms Protect Their Chromosomes: Thereby Hangs A Surprising Tail

MicroRNA and cancer

1. March 10, 2008 - Low Micro-RNA Level Linked To High Gene Activity In AML

Coevolution of toxicity and immunity

1. March 11, 2008 - Toxic newts lose war against 'super-immune' snakes
2. March 13, 2008 - Snakes Vault Past Toxic Newts In Evolutionary Arms Race

Dual visual systems

1. March 11, 2008 - The Hand Can't Be Fooled, Study Shows - also here

Animal language

1. March 11, 2008 - Non-human Primates Convey Meaning Through Call Combinations

Invasive species and evolutionary novelty

1. March 11, 2008 - Invasive Species Can Produce 'Hotspots Of Evolutionary Novelty,' Study Shows

Brain-imaging studies

1. March 11, 2008 - Brain Network Linked To Contemplation In Adults Is Less Complex In Children - also here
2. March 12, 2008 - Brain scans reveal smokers' clouded judgment
3. March 13, 2008 - Bad luck at the casino? Blame your brain
4. March 13, 2008 - To Bet Or Not To Bet: How The Brain Learns To Estimate Risk

Cancer biology

1. March 12, 2008 - Master protein for tumor growth
2. March 12, 2008 - How Do Tumors Spread? Scientists and Engineers Team Up to Solve Mystery
3. March 12, 2008 - Scientists find 'master' breast cancer gene - also here
4. March 12, 2008 - A protein that makes breast cancer spread
5. March 13, 2008 - Is Increased Slug Expression Associated With The Progression To Esophageal Cancer? - also here
6. March 13, 2008 - Fundamental Process Of Tumor Growth Explained - also here
7. March 17, 2008 - Protein Identified That Triggers Aggressive Breast Cancer

Acetyltransferase

1. March 12, 2008 - Novel Regulator Of Chromosome Function Characterized - also here, here

Cyanobacteria

1. March 12, 2008 - Startling Discovery About Photosynthesis: Many Marine Microorganism Skip Carbon Dioxide And Oxygen Step - also here
2. March 14, 2008 - Hardy Earth bacteria can grow in lunar soil

Proteins activated by mechanical force

1. March 12, 2008 - Force Governs Function Of Proteins

Neovascularization

1. March 12, 2008 - Universal Signalling Pathway In Vertebrates Mediates Formation Of Blood Vessels Both In Embryos And Tumours

Developmental biology

1. March 12, 2008 - Digits Grow In Surprising Ways - also here, here

Natural killer cells

1. March 12, 2008 - Specialized natural killer cells in human tonsils pack a punch

Longevity genes

1. March 13, 2008 - Genes shared with yeast could help humans fight aging
2. March 13, 2008 - New Longevity Genes Identified: Yeast, Worms And People May Age By Similar Mechanisms

Brain atlas

1. March 13, 2008 - Brain map project set to revolutionise neuroscience

Natural cloning

1. March 13, 2008 - Creature clones itself to avoid becoming fish food
2. March 13, 2008 - Change for a Sand Dollar?
3. March 13, 2008 - Creatures Clone Selves in Face of Danger
4. March 14, 2008 - Sand Dollar Larvae Use Cloning To 'Make Change,' Confound Predators

Glycerol metabolism

1. March 13, 2008 - Code Of 3-D Structure In Key Metabolic Protein Cracked - also here

Grammar understanding

1. March 13, 2008 - Grappling With Grammar: How The Brain Copes In Language-impaired Kids - also here, here

Mitochondria and gene networks linked to obesity

1. March 13, 2008 - Obesity Associated With Clear Changes In Gene-networks And Dysfunction Of Mitochondria - also here, here
2. March 14, 2008 - Gene hunters uncover networks behind disease
3. March 16, 2008 - New method finds networks of genes behind obesity
4. March 17, 2008 - Overeating disrupts web of genes

Stress, learning, and memory

1. March 13, 2008 - Short-term Stress Can Affect Learning And Memory - also here
2. March 16, 2008 - Correct Levels Of Stress Hormones Boost Learning, Squirrel Study Suggests - also here

Notch signaling, bone growth, and bone cancer

1. March 13, 2008 - Same process discovered to both form skeleton and protect it for life - also here, here

The grandmother hypothesis

1. March 14, 2008 - Long-lived grannies may have fewer grandchildren

Systems biology

1. March 14, 2008 - Systems Biology Approach Identifies Nutrient Regulation Of Biological Clock In Plants - also here

Metagenomics

1. March 14, 2008 - New Window Opens On The Secret Life Of Microbes - also here, here
2. March 14, 2008 - Bioinformatics technology provides new insight into microbial activities - also here, here

Feeding behavior of marine bacteria

1. March 14, 2008 - Marine Bacteria's Mealtime Dash Is A Swimming Success

Escherichia coli

1. March 14, 2008 - New Technique Puts DNA Profiling Of E. Coli On Fast Track - also here

Caspases, inflammation, and programmed cell death

1. March 14, 2008 - How Do Infections And Toxins Launch A Cell's Self-destruct And Alarm System? - also here

TRPV1 pain receptors, depression, learning, and memory

1. March 14, 2008 - Pain Receptor In Brain May Be Linked To Learning And Memory - also here, here
2. March 16, 2008 - Study Raises Caution On New Painkillers - also here

Cheating

1. March 14, 2008 - Some cheaters can keep it in their genes

Child vs. adult memory

1. March 14, 2008 - Children's Memory May Be More Reliable Than Adults' In Court Cases - also here

Human Proteinpedia

1. March 14, 2008 - Human Proteinpedia: Portal to share human protein data among scientific community - also here

Autophagy and peroxisomes

1. March 16, 2008 - Key Protein In Cell's 'Self-eating' Function Identified - also here

Glycosylation

1. March 16, 2008 - Structure Reveals How Cells 'Sugar-coat' Proteins - also here

Health and medicine

Alzheimer's disease

1. March 10, 2008 - If both parents have Alzheimer's, your risk soars
2. March 11, 2008 - Offspring Of Parents Who Both Have Alzheimer's Disease May Be More Likely To Develop The Illness - also here
3. March 14, 2008 - Increased Level Of Magnetic Iron Oxides Found In Alzheimer's Disease - also here
4. March 14, 2008 - Researchers use light to detect Alzheimer's - also here, here
5. March 16, 2008 - Paradoxical Alzheimer's Finding May Shed New Light On Memory Loss - also here, here

Influenza vaccines

1. March 10, 2008 - Japan seeks new form of flu vaccine
2. March 10, 2008 - Japan eyes all-round bird flu vaccine
3. March 11, 2008 - New bird flu vaccine takes different approach

Avian flu

1. March 10, 2008 - India culls poultry to contain new bird flu outbreak
2. March 11, 2008 - Bird flu expert urges vigilance in China
3. March 11, 2008 - Bird flu kills four civets in Vietnam national park
4. March 11, 2008 - India conducts night raids to contain bird flu - also here
5. March 16, 2008 - China Confirms Outbreak of Bird Flu

Cancer

1. March 10, 2008 - Femara cuts cancer recurrence even if started late
2. March 10, 2008 - Food Compounds That Kill Test-Tube Cancer Cells Analyzed
3. March 10, 2008 - Colorectal Cancer Gene Identified - also here
4. March 10, 2008 - Pancreas cancer hope over surgery
5. March 10, 2008 - Non-Hodgkin's cancer patients living longer: study
6. March 11, 2008 - Drinking plus hormones may up breast cancer risk
7. March 11, 2008 - Factors behind head and neck cancer revealed
8. March 11, 2008 - Combined Stenting And Photodynamic Therapy Improves Survival In Late Stage Liver Cancer Patients, Study Suggests - also here, here
9. March 11, 2008 - Postoperative Chemotherapy Does Not Improve Survival In Gastric Cancer Patients, Study Suggests
10. March 11, 2008 - HPV Vaccine Seems To Be Working, Abnormal Pap Test Results Lower, Study Shows - also here, here
11. March 11, 2008 - Mouse Model For Mesothelioma Reproduces Human Disease - also here
12. March 11, 2008 - Prostate Cancer Screening: Biopsy Techniques Have Made PSA Test Less Predictive
13. March 11, 2008 - Malignant tumor or benign cyst?
14. March 12, 2008 - Obesity tied to higher pancreatic cancer risk
15. March 12, 2008 - Study shows way to predict lung cancer recurrence
16. March 12, 2008 - Outlook Improves For Patients With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Over Past Decade - also here
17. March 12, 2008 - Advanced-stage Ovarian Cancer Patients With BRCA Live Longer, May Respond Better To Treatment, Study Shows - also here
18. March 13, 2008 - Recurrent Low-grade Carcinoma Of The Ovary Less Responsive To Chemo Than More Common Ovarian Cancers - also here, here
19. March 13, 2008 - Sexual Activity and Marijuana Use Associated with HPV-Positive Head and Neck Cancer, Study Shows - also here
20. March 13, 2008 - Late Treatment With Letrozole Can Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk - also here
21. March 14, 2008 - Overweight women have worse breast cancer: study
22. March 14, 2008 - Researchers Study New Drug And Indications For Heated Chemotherapy Treatment
23. March 14, 2008 - COX-2 Expression Is Marker For Cancer Development In Some Benign Breast Biopsies - also here
24. March 14, 2008 - Genetic Markers Found For Lung Cancers Most Likely To Recur
25. March 14, 2008 - Switch For Programmed Cell Death Promotes Spread Of Glioblastoma - also here, here
26. March 14, 2008 - Anchoring Protein Variant Associated with Increased Breast Cancer Risk
27. March 14, 2008 - Gene variant increases breast cancer risk - also here, here
28. March 14, 2008 - Study provides clues to prevent spread of ovarian cancer - also here, here
29. March 14, 2008 - Body Mass Index may serve as prognostic tool for advanced, aggressive breast cancers
30. March 14, 2008 - Breast cancer more aggressive among obese women - also here, here
31. March 14, 2008 - Soy compound may halt spread of prostate cancer - also here
32. March 15, 2008 - Lymphoma Patients Benefit From Combined PET-CT Scanning, Study Suggests - also here
33. March 16, 2008 - Tumour growth block hopes raised

Cardiovascular disease

1. March 10, 2008 - Magnesium-rich foods ward off stroke in smokers
2. March 10, 2008 - Tracking A Deteriorating Heart
3. March 10, 2008 - Smoking Is Major Risk Factor For Stroke In China, Study Shows
4. March 11, 2008 - Heart Attack And Stroke: Key Found To Breakthrough Drug For Clot Victims - also here, here
5. March 12, 2008 - Heart-risk protein unaltered by daily psyllium
6. March 13, 2008 - Magnesium Associated With Lower Risk For Some Strokes In Male Smokers - also here
7. March 13, 2008 - Post-stroke Clot-busting Therapy Beneficial For Patients On Aspirin - also here
8. March 13, 2008 - Ibuprofen Destroys Aspirin's Positive Effect on Stroke Risk - also here, here
9. March 14, 2008 - Damaged veins heal faster with heparin treatment, laboratory study finds
10. March 14, 2008 - Genes that protect against atherosclerosis identified - also here
11. March 15, 2008 - Meditation Can Lower Blood Pressure, Study Shows - also here

Nanobiotechnology

1. March 10, 2008 - Researchers Control Growth Rate Of Replacement Blood Vessels, Tissues
2. March 10, 2008 - Silver Nanoparticles Deadly to Bacteria
3. March 13, 2008 - How Nanopackaging And Nanovalves For Medicines Should Be Like Skewered Pumpkins

Antioxidants

1. March 10, 2008 - Torrefacto-roasted Coffee Has Higher Antioxidant Properties
2. March 11, 2008 - When It Comes To Red Cabbage, More Is Better

Glucose regulation

1. March 10, 2008 - Chronically Elevated Blood Sugar Levels Disable 'Fasting Switch'

Stem cells

1. March 10, 2008 - Puppy teeth make new dog bone
2. March 11, 2008 - Injection Of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Helps The Aging Brain, Study Shows
3. March 16, 2008 - Post Brain Injury: New Nerve Cells Originate From Neural Stem Cells - also here, here

Obesity

1. March 11, 2008 - Are fat moms to blame for fat kids? Answer unclear
2. March 13, 2008 - Maternal Obesity Not Strongly Linked To Obesity In Offspring Says Study - also here
3. March 15, 2008 - Gene Hunters Fine-tune Marker For Common Obesity Gene - also here, here

Depression

1. March 11, 2008 - Protein discovery could lead to depression test
2. March 11, 2008 - Metabolic syndrome: a risk factor for depression?
3. March 12, 2008 - Researchers May Have Found Test For Depression
4. March 12, 2008 - The yin and yang of genes for mood disorders
5. March 14, 2008 - Depression: the symptoms in children are not like in adults

Sleep and health

1. March 11, 2008 - Poor Sleep More Dangerous For Women - also here, here

Gene therapy

1. March 11, 2008 - Long-term Muscle Improvements Shown In Gene Therapy Study In Mice - also here, here
2. March 11, 2008 - Research shows promise for potential new gene therapy strategy for muscle-wasting diseases
3. March 12, 2008 - Gene Therapy: Polymer Translocation Pulled through a Narrow Pore
4. March 14, 2008 - Gene Therapy Could Save Kids From A Lifetime Of Eating Cornstarch - also here, here

Meal frequency and health

1. March 11, 2008 - How Frequency Of Meals May Affect Health

Malaria

1. March 12, 2008 - We can eradicate malaria: report
2. March 16, 2008 - Model Identifies Targets For Eradication Of Malaria - also here

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

1. March 12, 2008 - Cat carried woman's antibiotic-resistant infection - also here
2. March 12, 2008 - Report: Woman, cat shared staph bug - also here

Epigenetic changes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

1. March 12, 2008 - Epigenetic Changes Discovered In Major Psychosis - also here, here

Diabetes

1. March 12, 2008 - Low Levels Of PYY Hormone A Very Early Indicator Of Type 2 Diabetes - also here
2. March 12, 2008 - New Method May Revolutionize Diabetes Research
3. March 13, 2008 - Weight Loss More Effective Than Intensive Insulin Therapy For Type 2 Diabetics, Expert Argues - also here
4. March 13, 2008 - Extra Vitamin D In Early Childhood Cuts Adult Diabetes Risk - also here
5. March 13, 2008 - Vitamin D 'cuts risk of diabetes'
6. March 14, 2008 - Breast-feeding seen to curb type 2 diabetes later
7. March 14, 2008 - Phase I Diabetes Trial Aims To Reverse Type 1 Diabetes - also here

Antibiotics

1. March 12, 2008 - Confronting The Challenge Of Antimicrobial Resistance - also here
2. March 12, 2008 - UK team in bacteria breakthrough
3. March 15, 2008 - How Antibiotic Resistant Bugs Became Resistant To Penicillin, And How Penicillin Could Work Again - also here
4. March 19, 2008 - New weapon against antibiotic resistance

Phenylpropanoids

1. March 12, 2008 - Herb Anise Contains Unique Healthful Phenylpropanoids, Study Suggests

Parkinson's disease

1. March 12, 2008 - First Early-detection Blood Test For Parkinson's Shows Promise - also here

Computer-aided drug design

1. March 12, 2008 - More Computer-aided Drug Design Developed Will Speed Up Drug Development - also here

Cardiovascular benefits of omega-3 fatty acids

1. March 12, 2008 - Cardiovascular Benefits Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reviewed - also here

BDNF and mood disorders

1. March 12, 008 - The yin and yang of genes for mood disorders - also here

Obesity, mitochondria, and fat metabolism

1. March 12, 2008 - Protein deficiency leads to faster fat burning in mice, study shows - also here
2. March 15, 2008 - Fight Against Obesity: Increase Cells' Energy Consumption With Mitochondrial Uncoupling? - also here

Macrophages and inflammatory disease

1. March 12, 2008 - New Protein Family Implicated In Inflammatory Diseases - also here, here
2. March 14, 2008 - Policing Cells Demand ID To Tell Friend From Foe, Say Cell Engineers - also here
3. March 14, 2008 - Scientists shine new light on inflammatory diseases - also here, here

Glutamate and fibromyalgia

1. March 13, 2008 - Pain In Fibromyalgia Is Linked To Changes In Brain Molecule - also here, here

Fat formation, obesity, and insulin resistance

1. March 13, 2008 - Protein That Stimulates Fat Formation Discovered

Bipolar disorder

1. March 13, 2008 - Bipolar Disorder: Manic Mouse Made With One Gene Missing - also here

Schizophrenia

1. March 13, 2008 - Different Use Of Brain Areas May Explain Memory Problems In Schizophrenics - also here, here

Tuberculosis

1. March 13, 2008 - Inhaled tuberculosis vaccine more effective than traditional shot - also here
2. March 13, 2007 - Scientists discover how TB 'develops invincibility' against only available treatment - also here
3. March 14, 2008 - New chemical can kill latent tuberculosis bacteria - also here
4. March 17, 2008 - Inhaled TB vaccine developed

Diabetes and atherosclerosis

1. March 13, 2008 - Study details how diabetes drives atherosclerosis - also here

Cocaine addiction

1. March 14, 2008 - Emotional 'Bummer' Of Cocaine Addiction Mimicked In Animals - also here

Intestinal inflammation, defensins, and caspases

1. March 15, 2008 - New Defense Mechanism Against Intestinal Inflammation Found - also here

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