Volume 7, Number 31 August 4, 2008

Physical sciences and technology Star formation and fundamental constants Nanotechnology Global warming Semiconductor lasers Ocean acidification Paleoclimate Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope Galaxies Quantum communication Light compression Hydrocarbons on Titan Robotics Mixing of oceanic crust in the mantle Water on Mars Higgs boson Superconductivity Large Hadron Collider Solar cells Earliest stars Hydrogen production Dark energy Fuel cells Graphene Climate modeling Perpendicular magnetic recording Quantum cryptography Spintronics Hurricanes Black holes Molecular electronics Superfluid-superconductors Life sciences Oxytocin Aging, sleep, and memory Early fossils Cancer biology MicroRNA and cancer MicroRNA Limb regeneration and Notch Linkage of gene to sleep need Bacterial temperature adaptation Mitosis and phosphorylation Origins of life Basophils Dopamine, sleep, and learning Estrogen and memory Sponges and neurogenesis Human genetic variation Cellular calcium sensing Bacterial iron metabolism Ghrelin, fat metabolism, and free radicals Developmental backtracking of cells Health and medicine Diabetes Tuberculosis Dementia Cancer Cardiovascular disease Alzheimer's disease Avian flu Influenza and inflammation Autoimmune diseases Health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids MRSA antibiotics Hepatitis B Schizophrenia AIDS Nanobiotechnology Metabolic syndrome Cocaine addiction and dopamine PPAR-δ - exericse in a pill Neurons from induced pluripotent stem cells Obesity and dopamine Antidepressants, cocaine, and amphetamines Hepatitis C Antibiotics Depression and epigenetics Septic shock Multiple sclerosis Antioxidants Alcohol dependence Lupus Endocannabinoids and obesity

Physical sciences and technology

Star formation and fundamental constants

1. July 28, 2008 - Stars may not be so fine-tuned after all
2. August 2, 2008 - Is our universe fine-tuned for life?
3. August 15, 2008 - Calculations find that many universes could sustain stars

Nanotechnology

1. July 28, 2008 - Nanowire lawns make for sheets of image sensors
2. July 31, 2008 - Nanojewels Made Easy - also here
3. August 1, 2008 - Nano sculptures in gold - also here
4. August 1, 2008 - Size-specific cracking shakes out at the nanoscale - also here, here

Global warming

1. July 28, 2008 - New Piece Of Climate Change Puzzle Found In Ancient Sedimentary Rocks
2. August 2, 2008 - Arctic ice continues to thin

Semiconductor lasers

1. July 28, 2008 - New Semiconductor Lasers Herald Wide Range Of Applications In Photonics And Communications - also here, here
2. July 31, 2008 - Plasmons put laser light on the straight and narrow

Ocean acidification

1. July 28, 2008 - As Ocean Warms, Coral Loses Anchor in Acidic Waters

Paleoclimate

1. July 29, 2008 - Snapshot Of Past Climate Reveals No Ice In Antarctica Millions Of Years Ago - also here, here
2. August 1, 2008 - Cold And Ice, Not Heat, Episodically Gripped Tropical Regions 300 Million Years Ago - also here

Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope

1. July 29, 2008 - GLAST Burst Monitor Team Hard at Work Fine Tuning Instrument and Operations

Galaxies

1. July 29, 2008 - The Bar Scene: Signs of Galactic Maturity
2. July 30, 2008 - Barred spiral galaxies becoming more common
3. July 31, 2008 - Astronomers Describe The Bar Scene At The Beginning Of The Universe - also here, here

Quantum communication

1. July 29, 2008 - Laser beams are entangled in space
2. July 31, 2008 - Viterbi Algorithm goes quantum - also here

Light compression

1. July 30, 2008 - New technique to compress light could open doors for optical communications - also here, here, here

Hydrocarbons on Titan

1. July 30, 2008 - Cassini finds liquid ethane on Titan
2. July 30, 2008 - Saturn's Moon Titan Has Liquid Surface Lake - also here
3. July 30, 2008 - Giant Lake Confirmed on Saturn's Moon Titan
4. July 30, 2008 - Scientists Confirm Liquid Lake, Beach on Saturn's Moon Titan
5. July 30, 2008 - The Lagoons of Titan: Oily Liquid Confirmed on Saturn Moon
6. July 31, 2008 - Titan Makes a Splash
7. July 31, 2008 - Huge Space Lake Confirmed on Saturn's Moon Titan
8. July 31, 2008 - Liquid flowing on surface of Titan
9. July 31, 2008 - Hydrocarbon lake finally confirmed on Titan
10. July 31, 2008 - NASA says liquid confirmed on Saturn's moon Titan - also here

Robotics

1. July 30, 2008 - Mapping Out Future Of Intelligent Robots - also here

Mixing of oceanic crust in the mantle

1. July 30, 2008 - Diamonds show how Earth is recycled
2. August 12, 2008 - X-rays Use Diamonds As Window To Center Of The Earth - also here, here

Water on Mars

1. July 30, 2008 - Phoenix Close-Up Images of 'Snow Queen' Show Changes
2. July 30, 2008 - Cracks Appear In Ice Under Mars Lander
3. July 31, 2008 - NASA says Mars craft "touched and tasted" water
4. July 31, 2008 - NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water - also here, here, here
5. July 31, 2008 - Phoenix Mars lander 'tastes' first sample of water ice
6. July 31, 2008 - Nasa's lander samples Mars water
7. August 1, 2008 - Phoenix lander discovers ice in Martian soil
8. August 1, 2008 - Phoenix lander tastes its first ice
9. August 1, 2008 - Oven bakes out water; mission successes lead to longer lander life
10. August 1, 2008 - Mars Water Discovered, "Tasted" by Lander -- A First
11. August 1, 2008 - Phoenix samples water at Mars pole
12. August 1, 2008 - Test of Mars Soil Sample Confirms Presence of Ice
13. August 1, 2008 - Phoenix Gas Analyzer Confirms Water on Mars

Higgs boson

1. July 30, 2008 - Prelude to the Higgs: A work for 2 bosons in the key of Z - also here
2. August 1, 2008 - Fermilab still playing Higgs hide-and-seek
3. August 5, 2008 - Tevatron Experiments Double-team Higgs Boson - also here, here

Superconductivity

1. July 30, 2008 - Scientists Shed Light on Heavy Electrons, Suggest New View of Superconductivity
2. August 1, 2008 - New Insight On Superconductors

Large Hadron Collider

1. July 30, 2008 - Will first LHC protons be injected within a fortnight?

Solar cells

1. July 30, 2008 - Thin films: ready for their close-up?
2. July 31, 2008 - Solar-cell material can soak up more Sun
3. July 31, 2008 - Researchers Produce Best-Yet Dye-Based Solar Cells

Earliest stars

1. July 31, 2008 - Universe's first star born tiny, grew huge: study
2. July 31, 2008 - The First Stars - also here
3. July 31, 2008 - Universe's first stars bulk up in new simulation
4. July 31, 2008 - New simulation accurately tracks seeds of first stars
5. July 31, 2008 - Big Bang Ripples Formed Universe's First Stars
6. July 31, 2008 - Filling the Gap in Stellar History
7. July 31, 2008 - How the First Stars Were Born
8. July 31, 2008 - Simulation points to lightweight first stars
9. July 31, 2008 - Researchers may have found cosmic Rosetta stone - also here
10. August 1, 2008 - How The First Stars In The Universe Came Into Existence - also here
11. August 1, 2008 - New Simulation Shows How Seeds of First Stars Formed

Hydrogen production

1. July 31, 2008 - 'Major discovery' primed to unleash solar revolution - also here
2. July 31, 2008 - Catalyst heralded as solar-power breakthrough
3. July 31, 2008 - Electrode lights the way to artificial photosynthesis
4. July 31, 2008 - New studies with different fuel cell catalysts show promising results
5. July 31, 2008 - Hydrogen Power on the Cheap--Or at Least, Cheaper
6. August 1, 2008 - Scientists Mimic Essence Of Plants' Energy Storage System

Dark energy

1. July 31, 2008 - Scientists Find Direct Evidence of “Dark Energy” in Supervoids and Superclusters
2. August 1, 2008 - Unmasking Dark Energy
3. August 4, 2008 - UH team sees dark energy trail
4. August 4, 2008 - Caught in the Act: Dark Energy Expanding the Universe
5. August 4, 2008 - Dark Energy Signs Seen in Giant Clusters and Voids
6. August 5, 2008 - Dark Energy's Fingerprint Found in Distant Galaxies
7. August 6, 2008 - Dark Energy's Early Fingerprints
8. August 7, 2008 - Supervoids and clusters reveal dark energy
9. August 8, 2008 - The most direct signal of dark energy?
10. August 11, 2008 - Most Direct Evidence of Dark Energy Detected

Fuel cells

1. August 1, 2008 - Cheaper fuel cell on the way
2. August 3, 2008 - Hybrid Cars Could Be More Reliable And Cheaper With New Fuel Cell Technology

Graphene

1. August 1, 2008 - Potential Of Graphene Films As Next-generation Transistors Demonstrated - also here
2. August 2, 2008 - Functional Nanoribbons Carved Using Super-heated, Nano-sized Particles Of Iron - also here

Climate modeling

1. August 1, 2008 - Climate Change Science Program Issues Report On Climate Models

Perpendicular magnetic recording

1. August 1, 2008 - Hitachi Shows Technical Feasibility Of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording At 610 Gbit/in2

Quantum cryptography

1. August 1, 2008 - Data transfer using quantum cryptography

Spintronics

1. August 1, 2008 - Cold atoms could help build 'spintronics' transistor

Hurricanes

1. August 1, 2008 - Boston Hurricane Frequency Over Last Millennium Linked To Ocean Surface Temperatures

Black holes

1. August 2, 2008 - Mangled stars could reveal ejected black holes

Molecular electronics

1. August 2, 2008 - Ballistic breakthrough could lead to molecular logic gates

Superfluid-superconductors

1. August 3, 2008 - Superfluid-superconductor Relationship Is Detailed - also here, here

Life sciences

Oxytocin

1. July 28, 2008 - A Hormone That Enhances One's Memory Of Happy Faces - also here, here

Aging, sleep, and memory

1. July 29, 2008 - To Sleep, Perchance to Forget
2. July 29, 2008 - Sleep clue to age memory decline
3. July 29, 2008 - Brain's Sleep-Time Memory Storage Gets Muddled with Age
4. August 1, 2008 - Aging Impairs The 'Replay' Of Memories During Sleep - also here, here

Early fossils

1. July 29, 2008 - Nano-tools pick out traces of ancient life

Cancer biology

1. July 29, 2008 - Study Provides Clues To Preventing And Treating Cancer Spread - also here
2. July 31, 2008 - How Molecules Out Of Balance Lead To Human Multiple Myeloma And Other Cancers - also here
3. August 1, 2008 - Survival Of The Fittest: Even Cancer Cells Follow The Laws Of Evolution - also here, here, here
4. August 1, 2008 - Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Associated With Risk Of Kidney Cancer
5. August 1, 2008 - How chemo kills tumours: research to reduce side effects - also here, here

MicroRNA and cancer

1. July 29, 2008 - New Biomarker For Early Cancer Detection? Research Reveals That 'MicroRNA' May Fit The Bill - also here

MicroRNA

1. July 30, 2008 - How short RNAs influence many proteins
2. July 30, 2008 - Thousands of proteins affected by miRNAs
3. August 1, 2008 - MicroRNA Implicated As Molecular Factor In Alcohol Tolerance - also here

Limb regeneration and Notch

1. July 30, 2008 - Lost An Appendage? Grow Another

Linkage of gene to sleep need

1. July 30, 2008 - Possible 'Sleep Gene' Identified - also here, here

Bacterial temperature adaptation

1. July 30, 2008 - Bacteria Reveal Secret Of Adaptation At Evolution Canyon - also here, here

Mitosis and phosphorylation

1. July 30, 2008 - Being A Control Freak Aids Dividing Cells - also here

Origins of life

1. July 30, 2008 - Diamonds May Have Been Life's Best Friend On Primordial Earth - also here

Basophils

1. July 31, 2008 - Proton Channels Inhibit Release Of Histamine During Allergic Reactions, Novel Study Finds - also here

Dopamine, sleep, and learning

1. July 31, 2008 - Dopamine could help the sleep-deprived still learn
2. August 1, 2008 - Brain Tweak Lets Sleep-deprived Flies Stay Sharp - also here

Estrogen and memory

1. July 31, 2008 - Improved Estrogen Reception May Sharpen Fuzzy Memory - also here, here

Sponges and neurogenesis

1. July 31, 2008 - Nerves of sponge?

Human genetic variation

1. August 1, 2008 - Restructuring Human Variation

Cellular calcium sensing

1. August 2, 2008 - Like Eavesdropping At A Party: How A Tiny Protein Senses All The Communications In A Cell - also here

Bacterial iron metabolism

1. August 2, 2008 - How Some Bacteria May Steal Iron From Their Human Hosts - also here

Ghrelin, fat metabolism, and free radicals

1. August 3, 2008 - Brain Plays Key Role In Appetite By Regulating Free Radicals - also here

Developmental backtracking of cells

1. August 3, 2008 - Fruit-fly Study Adds Weight To Theories About Another Type Of Adult Stem Cell - also here

Health and medicine

Diabetes

1. July 28, 2008 - Studies show exercise boon for obesity, diabetes
2. July 28, 2008 - Sweet fruit drinks found to lead to diabetes
3. July 28, 2008 - Low-fat diets per se do not curb diabetes risk
4. July 28, 2008 - Diabetes may threaten tuberculosis control efforts
5. July 28, 2008 - Worry 'ups men's diabetes risk'
6. July 28, 2008 - Daily walk can help control diabetes
7. July 29, 2008 - Gestational diabetes raises risk of type 2 diabetes
8. July 29, 2008 - Women With Gestational Diabetes At Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes
9. July 29, 2008 - Dietary Factors Appear To Be Associated With Diabetes Risk - also here, here
10. July 30, 2008 - Study Links Soft Drinks And Fruit Drinks With Risk For Diabetes In African-American Women - also here, here
11. July 30, 2008 - Compound That Helps Rice Grow Reduces Nerve, Vascular Damage From Diabetes - also here, here
12. August 1, 2008 - Commonly Used Test Could Identify Millions Of People With Undiagnosed Diabetes
13. August 3, 2008 - Treatment Corrects Severe Insulin Imbalance In Animal Studies - also here

Tuberculosis

1. July 28, 2008 - Diabetes may threaten tuberculosis control efforts
2. August 1, 2008 - Potential New Drug Target To Fight Tuberculosis Identified - also here

Dementia

1. July 28, 2008 - Statins may protect against memory loss: study
2. July 28, 2008 - Up to 5 pct of elderly lose memory each year: study
3. July 28, 2008 - Drugs designed to fight cholesterol might also prevent Alzheimer's and other dementia
4. July 28, 2008 - Study: 'Pre-dementia' is rising, especially in men
5. July 29, 2008 - Statins 'may cut dementia risk'
6. July 30, 2008 - Statins May Protect Against Memory Loss - also here

Cancer

1. July 28, 2008 - Bone density may help determine breast cancer risk
2. July 28, 2008 - Impotence drugs help treat brain tumors: study
3. July 28, 2008 - Breast Cancer Detection: A Simpler Alternative To Mammograms?
4. July 29, 2008 - Sparing leukemia patients from unnecessary chemo
5. July 29, 2008 - Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Allowed More Chemotherapy To Reach Brain Tumors In Laboratory Study - also here, here
6. July 30, 2008 - Therapeutic vaccines said to hold big promise
7. July 30, 2008 - New Treatment For Advanced Prostate Cancer - also here
8. July 30, 2008 - Modified Salmonella Slows Tumor Growth
9. July 30, 2008 - Could Metals Help Treat Cancer?
10. July 30, 2008 - Hey Fever! The Surprise Benefit Of Allergies - also here
11. July 31, 2008 - Getting rid of bacteria cuts stomach cancer risk
12. July 31, 2008 - Digestive Specialists Freeze Out Esophagus Cancer With New Therapy - also here, here, here
13. July 31, 2008 - Stomach bug treatment for cancer
14. August 1, 2008 - Methadone promising in hard-to-treat leukemia
15. August 1, 2008 - Marijuana takes on colon cancer
16. August 1, 2008 - Interferon Or Surgery For Eye Surface Cancer - Which Is Best?
17. August 1, 2008 - Unravelling breast cancer susceptibility

Cardiovascular disease

1. July 28, 2008 - Fishy diet may protect against clogged arteries
2. July 29, 2008 - Heart patients often have unhealthy lipid levels
3. July 29, 2008 - Exposure To Bad Air Raises Blood Pressure, Study Shows - also here
4. July 30, 2008 - Potassium may help lower blood pressure
5. July 30, 2008 - Garlic supplements help lower high blood pressure
6. July 31, 2008 - The constant stress of "fight-or-flight" mode out of deep sleep may exacerbate other health problems over time
7. July 31, 2008 - Fat Around The Heart May Increase Risk Of Heart Attacks - also here, here
8. July 31, 2008 - Protein Made By Fat Cells May Increase Risk Of Heart Attack In Older Adults - also here
9. August 1, 2008 - Discovery May Lead To Immunization Against Cardiovascular Disease
10. August 1, 2008 - Gene May Put Women With Migraine At Increased Risk Of Heart Disease And Stroke - also here
11. August 1, 2008 - Study: To sleep better, perchance to live longer - also here
12. August 2, 2008 - New Method Assesses Risks For Heart Failure Patients - also here
13. August 4, 2008 - Sleep Apnea Linked To Increased Risk Of Death - also here
14. August 4, 2008 - Sleep Apnea Is An Independent Risk Factor For Mortality, Australian Study Shows - also here

Alzheimer's disease

1. July 28, 2008 - Allon drug boosts memory in pre-Alzheimer patients - also here
2. July 28, 2008 - Dual diabetes drugs help stave off Alzheimer's
3. July 28, 2008 - Blood pressure drug dementia hope
4. July 28, 2008 - Blood pressure drugs may cut risk of Alzheimer's by 40%
5. July 29, 2008 - Tau drug shows early promise in Alzheimer's
6. July 29, 2008 - Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Are Lower Incidence, Progression Of Alzheimer's Disease - also here, here
7. July 29, 2008 - Alzheimer's drug 'halts' decline
8. July 29, 2008 - Experimental Alzheimer's drug shows early promise
9. July 30, 2008 - Baxter Alzheimer's drug effective at 9 months: study
10. July 30, 2008 - Lilly says Alzheimer's antibody drug safe
11. July 30, 2008 - Medivation Alzheimer's drug helps -- if used early
12. July 30, 2008 - A new study in mice finds that plaques associated with Alzheimer's wreak havoc on calcium's role in cell signaling
13. July 30, 2008 - Results Of 9-month Phase II Study Of Gammagard Intravenous Immunoglobulin
14. July 30, 2008 - Thyrotropin Levels Associated With Alzheimer's Disease Risk In Women - also here, here
15. July 30, 2008 - Healthy Children Of Alzheimer Patients Show Early Brain Changes - also here, here
16. July 30, 2008 - Singles 'face Alzheimer's risk'
17. July 31, 2008 - Alzheimer's Disease Patients Show Improvement In Trial Of New Drug - also here, here
18. July 31, 2008 - How Amyloid Plaques May Damage Brain Cells In Alzheimer's Disease
19. August 1, 2008 - Living With A Partner Reduces Risk Of Alzheimer's
20. August 1, 2008 - Study Bolsters Link To Maternal Alzheimer's Disease
21. August 3, 2008 - Alzheimer's Drug May Help Mild Memory Loss, Imaging Study Suggests - also here

Avian flu

1. July 28, 2008 - Fresh bird flu outbreak in Nigerian poultry
2. July 29, 2008 - SKorea cat had bird flu: officials

Influenza and inflammation

1. July 28, 2008 - Lung Inflammation From Influenza And Other Infections Could Be Turned Off Following New Discovery - also here

Autoimmune diseases

1. July 28, 2008 - New research on pre-eclampsia in mice may have important implications for humans
2. July 29, 2008 - Pre-eclampsia May Be Autoimmune Disease - also here
3. August 1, 2008 - 'Hygiene hypothesis' may be tied to bowel disease

Health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids

1. July 29, 2008 - Japanese Diet Rich In Fish May Hold Secret To Healthy Heart: Omega-3 Fatty Acids From Fish Appear To Prevent Clogged Arteries - also here

MRSA antibiotics

1. July 29, 2008 - Researchers Analyze How New Anti-MRSA Antibiotics Function - also here, here

Hepatitis B

1. July 29, 2008 - Structure Of Hepatitis B Mapped By Spraying Virus - also here

Schizophrenia

1. July 30, 2008 - Researchers find 3 new genes for schizophrenia
2. July 30, 2008 - Missing DNA Boosts Schizophrenia Risk
3. July 30, 2008 - New schizophrenia genes uncovered
4. July 30, 2008 - Gene flaws link to schizophrenia
5. July 30, 2008 - Missing DNA chunks tied to schizophrenia risk
6. July 31, 2008 - Gene mutations reveal schizophrenia's complexity
7. July 31, 2008 - New gene clues to schizophrenia risk
8. July 31, 2008 - Increased Burden Of Rare Genetic Variations Found In Schizophrenia
9. August 1, 2008 - Advances In The Field Of Schizophrenia Research: New Genetic Factors Identified

AIDS

1. July 30, 2008 - Italy launches clinical trial for HIV vaccine
2. July 30, 2008 - New Therapy For HIV Treatment - also here
3. July 30, 2008 - Sensitive Testing Reveals Drug-resistant HIV With Possible Consequences For Treatment - also here
4. August 3, 2008 - Back to basics for failed HIV vaccine
5. August 3, 2008 - How 'Hidden Mutations' Contribute To HIV Drug Resistance - also here
6. August 3, 2008 - Common Vaginal Infection May Increase Risk Of HIV Infection
7. August 3, 2008 - Growth hormone reduces abdominal fat, cardiovascular risk in HIV patients on antiviral therapy - also here, here
8. August 3, 2008 - Mixed results for growth hormone in HIV patients

Nanobiotechnology

1. July 30, 2008 - New Disease-fighting Nanoparticles Look Like Miniature Pastries - also here, here
2. July 31, 2008 - Nanoparticles + Light = Dead Tumor Cells - also here, here

Metabolic syndrome

1. July 30, 2008 - Testosterone Predominance Increases Prevalence Of Metabolic Syndrome During Menopause - also here
2. July 31, 2008 - Risk of metabolic syndrome rises near menopause
3. July 31, 2008 - Drinking In Excess Associated With Increased Risk For Metabolic Syndrome - also here

Cocaine addiction and dopamine

1. July 30, 2008 - Brain's reaction to self-administered cocaine differs
2. August 1, 2008 - Cocaine Addiction Linked To Voluntary Drug Use And Cellular Memory, Study Shows - also here

PPAR-δ - exericse in a pill

1. July 31, 2008 - Exercise in a pill
2. July 31, 2008 - Experimental Compound Boosts Endurance in Lab Tests on Idle Mice
3. July 31, 2008 - Exercise in a Pill? Not So Fast
4. July 31, 2008 - Exercise in a pill? Researchers find two
5. July 31, 2008 - Drugs turn 'couch potato' mice into long-distance runners
6. July 31, 2008 - Personal Trainer in a Pill
7. July 31, 2008 - Drug gives couch potato mice benefits of a workout
8. July 31, 2008 - Could a Pill Replace Exercise?
9. August 1, 2008 - Drugs mimic exercise benefits in mice
10. August 1, 2008 - Drugs could turn couch potatoes into athletes
11. August 1, 2008 - Researchers Identify Drugs That Enhance Exercise Endurance
12. August 1, 2008 - 'Fitness pill' being developed
13. August 1, 2008 - Couch Mouse to Mr. Mighty by Pills Alone
14. August 3, 2008 - Oral pill turns slacker mice into marathonists: study
15. August 6, 2008 - 'Exercise Pill' Is No Replacement For Real Exercise, Expert Cautions - also here, here
16. August 15, 2008 - Mice Marathon

Neurons from induced pluripotent stem cells

1. July 31, 2008 - Nerve cells grown from new-style stem cells
2. July 31, 2008 - Nerve cells made from elderly patient’s skin cells
3. July 31, 2008 - Scientists 'reprogram' cells from sick, elderly patients
4. July 31, 2008 - Stem Cell Breakthrough in ALS Research
5. July 31, 2008 - Diseased cells made pluripotent
6. July 31, 2008 - Stem cell advance turns ailing sisters' skin cells into nerve cells
7. July 31, 2008 - Cell changes may help ALS research
8. August 1, 2008 - First Neurons Created From ALS Patient's Skin Cells

Obesity and dopamine

1. July 31, 2008 - Obesity Predisposition Traced To The Brain's Reward System - also here, here

Antidepressants, cocaine, and amphetamines

1. July 31, 2008 - How Antidepressants And Cocaine Interact With Brain Cell Targets - also here, here

Hepatitis C

1. August 1, 2008 - New Treatment Therapy Helps Inhibit Hepatitis C
2. August 2, 2008 - Liver Damage In Hepatitis C Patients Could Be Treated With Warfarin, Says New Study

Antibiotics

1. August 1, 2008 - Facing Apparent Resistance To Antibiotics, Researchers Develop New Techniques To Kill Dormant Bacteria

Depression and epigenetics

1. August 1, 2008 - Autopsies Reveal Changes To DNA In Major Depression And Suicide - also here

Septic shock

1. August 1, 2008 - Immune system protein accurate predictor of survival in pediatric septic shock

Multiple sclerosis

1. August 1, 2008 - Multiple Sclerosis: new MRI contrast medium enables early diagnosis in animal model - also here, here

Antioxidants

1. August 1, 2008 - How do antioxidants work?

Alcohol dependence

1. August 2, 2008 - Drug Has Potential To Prevent Alcoholics From Relapsing - also here

Lupus

1. August 3, 2008 - Cutting The Brakes On The Immune System; Newly Discovered Gene Variant Implicated In Lupus - also here

Endocannabinoids and obesity

1. August 3, 2008 - A mechanism for the development of obesity-associated conditions - also here

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