Volume 7, Number 32 August 11, 2008

Physical sciences and technology Paleoclimatology Global warming Nanotechnology Fuel cells Quantum computing Geological maps Dark matter Terahertz spectroscopy Distribution of globular clusters Lab-on-a-chip Transcendental L-functions Quantum cryptography Quasars Water on Mars Large Hadron Collider Extrasolar planets Carbon nanotubes Australian tectonic clash Proposed unification of dark matter and dark energy with inflation Graphene Superfluidity in atomic gases Quantum theory Quantum chaos Life sciences Mitosis Fruit fly operant conditioning gene Brain-imaging studies C. elegans metabolism Effects of estradiol on the brain Hematopoiesis Synaesthesia Embryonic stem cells Virus parasite Mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases Disease-resistance genes Testosterone and body fat Genomic data visualization Negative selection of T cells in the thymus Visual perception of moving objects Induced pluripotent stem cells Neanderthal genome Brain-imaging studies Water and protein folding Bacterial infection Memory and spatial cognition Synchronization of neuron activation Cancer biology MicroRNA and embryonic stem cells The insula, CREB1, and brain reward circuitry P53, mTOR, and cell growth Functional genomics of E. coli The cell cycle and DNA damage detection Visual working memory Cell nuclear membranes Brain plasticity Eosinophils Aging and protein clearance Health and medicine Cardiovascular disease Schizophrenia Health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids Cancer AIDS Sleep and obesity Nanobiotechnology Nicotine addiction and dopamine Septic shock Tuberculosis Obesity Malaria Antibiotics Diabetes Avian flu Gene therapy for cancer Disease-specific stem cell lines RNAi therapy for AIDS Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory phenols in herbs Inflammatory bowel disease B cells and autoimmune disease Mast cells, histamines, NF-κB, and allergies Hepatitis C Dopamine, addiction, and Parkinson's disease Autism Gene therapy and cancer GABA and weight control

Physical sciences and technology

Paleoclimatology

1. August 4, 2008 - New fossil finds from an ancient lake indicate when Antarctica dipped below freezing
2. August 4, 2008 - Tracking Down Abrupt Climate Changes: Rapid Natural Cooling Occurred 12,700 Years Ago - also here, here
3. August 4, 2008 - Ancient moss, insects found in Antarctica - also here
4. August 5, 2008 - The Year the World Froze Over
5. August 6, 2008 - Antarctic Fossils Paint Picture Of Much Warmer Continent - also here, here

Global warming

1. August 5, 2008 - IPCC 'wrong' on logging threat to climate
2. August 5, 2008 - Untouched forests are carbon warriors
3. August 5, 2008 - Investigating Sea Ice Decline
4. August 5, 2008 - What's black and dirty and messing with the climate?
5. August 7, 2008 - Australian trees have secret stash of carbon
6. August 7, 2008 - Extreme Rains to Be Supercharged by Warming, Study Says
7. August 7, 2008 - Forward step in forecasting global warming
8. August 8, 2008 - Humans cause climate change, US body accepts
9. August 8, 2008 - Tropical downpours 'becoming more intense'
10. August 8, 2008 - Climate Change: When It Rains It Really Pours - also here
11. August 8, 2008 - Climate Change Equals Stronger Rains
12. August 9, 2008 - Global Warming Forecasts Not Taking Into Account Nanoscale Atmospheric Aerosols

Nanotechnology

1. August 5, 2008 - A First In Integrated Nanowire Sensor Circuitry - also here, here
2. August 8, 2008 - Large area transistors get helping hand from quantum effects

Fuel cells

1. August 5, 2008 - Fuel Cell Efficiency May Be Improved With Material With 'Colossal Ionic Conductivity'

Quantum computing

1. August 5, 2008 - Breakthrough In Quantum Mechanics: Superconducting Electronic Circuit Pumps Microwave Photons - also here, here
2. August 7, 2008 - Quantum Computers Are One Step Closer - also here
3. August 8, 2008 - Quantum Physics: Disentangling Strange Behavior Of Qubits

Geological maps

1. August 6, 2008 - New planet geology map seen aiding mining, climate
2. August 6, 2008 - New international project maps Earth's bedrock
3. August 6, 2008 - Earth rocks

Dark matter

1. August 6, 2008 - New simulations find clumps of dark matter in the solar system's neighborhood
2. August 6, 2008 - Milky Way's Dark Matter Clumpier Than Thought
3. August 6, 2008 - Dark-matter simulation reveals lumpy haloes
4. August 7, 2008 - Lensed Light Used to Weigh Dark Matter
5. August 7, 2008 - Clumps And Streams Of Dark Matter May Lie In Inner Regions Of Milky Way - also here, here

Terahertz spectroscopy

1. August 6, 2008 - Protein Folding: One Picture Per Millisecond Illuminates The Process

Distribution of globular clusters

1. August 6, 2008 - Thousands Of Globular Clusters Identified In Virgo Cluster Of Galaxies - also here

Lab-on-a-chip

1. August 6, 2008 - Lab-on-a-chip Technology: Microfluidics Aids Major Advance In Environmental Testing

Transcendental L-functions

1. August 6, 2008 - Hunting the elusive L-function

Quantum cryptography

1. August 6, 2008 - Vegas 'Quantum Spookshow' Demos On-the-Fly Encryption of Streaming Video

Quasars

1. August 6, 2008 - Amateur spies gassy 'cosmic ghost'

Water on Mars

1. August 7, 2008 - Mars Clay "Layer Cake" Adds to Proof of Watery Past
2. August 7, 2008 - Clays Shed Light on History of Mars Water and Possibly Life

Large Hadron Collider

1. August 7, 2008 - Europe's Large Hadron Collider tests the bounds of physics - and budgets
2. August 7, 2008 - Sept launch for bid to crack secrets of universe
3. August 7, 2008 - World's most powerful accelerator set to switch on
4. August 7, 2008 - CERN points to early September start-up date for LHC
5. August 7, 2008 - Cern lab set for beam milestone
6. August 7, 2008 - Large Hadron Collider to Get First Taste of Proton Beam
7. August 7, 2008 - CERN's new collider to fire first beam next month - also here
8. August 8, 2008 - Large Hadron Collider to start within weeks
9. August 10, 2008 - Large Hadron Collider To Start Up September 10 - also here

Extrasolar planets

1. August 7, 2008 - Solar systems like ours may be rare
2. August 7, 2008 - Simulation shows the solar system could only form under rare conditions
3. August 7, 2008 - Study: All Planets Are Born in Killer Environments
4. August 8, 2008 - Our "Goldilocks" Solar System
5. August 8, 2008 - Solar System Is Pretty Special, According To New Computer Simulation - also here
6. August 8, 2008 - Universally speaking, Earthlings share a nice neighborhood - also here
7. August 8, 2008 - Ocean Glints Could Reveal Alien Planets
8. August 15, 2008 - Maybe We Are Special, The Solar System Says

Carbon nanotubes

1. August 7, 2008 - Stretchable Conductor May Open Way to Flexible Electronics
2. August 7, 2008 - Stretching the boundaries of electronics
3. August 8, 2008 - Rubbery conductor promises robots a stretchy skin

Australian tectonic clash

1. August 7, 2008 - Scientists date Australian tectonic clash

Proposed unification of dark matter and dark energy with inflation

1. August 7, 2008 - Unification in progress: dark energy, dark matter, inflation

Graphene

1. August 8, 2008 - World's smallest balloon inflated

Superfluidity in atomic gases

1. August 8, 2008 - Hidden Properties Of Ultracold Atomic Gases Revealed - also here, here

Quantum theory

1. August 8, 2008 - Physicist's Quantum-'Uncollapse' Hypothesis Verified - also here

Quantum chaos

1. August 9, 2008 - Quantum Chaos Unveiled? - also here, here
2. August 12, 2008 - Quantum atoms "dance to chaos"

Life sciences

Mitosis

1. August 4, 2008 - Cellular Symmetry: What Cues Tell A Cell To Divide At The Center
2. August 7, 2008 - A positive-feedback system ensures that cells divide - also here

Fruit fly operant conditioning gene

1. August 4, 2008 - Novel Kind Of Learning Gene Discovered

Brain-imaging studies

1. August 4, 2008 - Unrelenting Grief May Be Sign of Distinct Syndrome
2. August 7, 2008 - Mind games reveal people who are 'blind' to trust
3. August 7, 2008 - Context And Personality Key In Understanding Responses To Emotional Facial Expressions
4. August 7, 2008 - A new light on the brains of people with borderline personality disorder - also here

C. elegans metabolism

1. August 5, 2008 - Study reveals coordinated but distinct neural circuits for regulating feeding and fat storage in worms

Effects of estradiol on the brain

1. August 5, 2008 - Chronic Exposure To Estrogen Impairs Some Cognitive Functions

Hematopoiesis

1. August 5, 2008 - Process By Which All Blood Cells Originate Is Essentially The Same Throughout Mammal World

Synaesthesia

1. August 5, 2008 - The sounds of silent movies
2. August 7, 2008 - Neurobiologists Discover Individuals Who 'Hear' Movement - also here, here
3. August 7, 2008 - 'Can anyone hear that picture?'
4. August 8, 2008 - Sensory cross-wiring causes people to 'hear' movement

Embryonic stem cells

1. August 6, 2008 - Scientists uncover the key to controlling how stem cells develop
2. August 6, 2008 - Stem-cell breakthrough may lead to new treatments
3. August 7, 2008 - Genetic find puts scientists a step closer to generating replacement organs
4. August 7, 2008 - Researchers able to direct stem cells to create certain progeny
5. August 7, 2008 - Researchers Close To Repairing Damaged Organs With Stem Cells
6. August 8, 2008 - Scientists uncover the key to controlling how stem cells develop

Virus parasite

1. August 6, 2008 - Even viruses get sick
2. August 6, 2008 - First 'virophage' could take the fight to viruses
3. August 6, 2008 - A virus's virus
4. August 6, 2008 - Virus Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine
5. August 6, 2008 - 'Virophage' suggests viruses are alive
6. August 22, 2008 - Virus-Infecting Virus Fuels Definition of Life Debate

Mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases

1. August 6, 2008 - Neuroscience: Standard model

Disease-resistance genes

1. August 6, 2008 - Genetic fact-check for ageing story

Testosterone and body fat

1. August 6, 2008 - Testosterone And Body Fat Are Controlled By The Same Genes - also here

Genomic data visualization

1. August 6, 2008 - Next Generation Tool For Visualizing Genomic Data Introduced - also here

Negative selection of T cells in the thymus

1. August 6, 2008 - A Role For The Thymic Cortex In Stopping Your Body From Attacking Itself

Visual perception of moving objects

1. August 6, 2008 - Why The Slow-Paced World Could Make It Difficult To Catch A Ball - also here

Induced pluripotent stem cells

1. August 7, 2008 - Recipe for cell reprogramming adds protein - also here, here, here, here, here, here
2. August 7, 2008 - Scientists Substitute Oncogene with Protein to Transform Adult Cells into Embryonic-Like State in Mice
3. August 8, 2008 - Embryonic-like Stem Cells Can Be Created Without Cancer-causing Gene

Neanderthal genome

1. August 7, 2008 - First Neanderthal genome completed
2. August 7, 2008 - Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA deciphered
3. August 7, 2008 - First complete Neanderthal genome sequenced
4. August 8, 2008 - Scientists map Neanderthal maternal DNA
5. August 8, 2008 - Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced From 38,000-year-old Bone - also here
6. August 12, 2008 - Neanderthals Didn't Mate With Modern Humans, Study Says

Water and protein folding

1. August 7, 2008 - Water Is 'Designer Fluid' That Helps Proteins Change Shape - also here
2. August 13, 2008 - Keeping an eye on the surroundings - also here

Bacterial infection

1. August 7, 2008 - How Bacteria Attach To Human Tissues During Infection Process: New Clues - also here, here

Memory and spatial cognition

1. August 7, 2008 - A New Look At How Memory And Spatial Cognition Are Related - also here

Synchronization of neuron activation

1. August 7, 2008 - When Neurons Fire Up: Study Sheds Light On Rhythms Of The Brain - also here, here

Cancer biology

1. August 7, 2008 - Researchers Unveil Vital Key To Cancer - also here
2. August 9, 2008 - Beyond PTEN: Alternate Genes Linked To Breast, Thyroid And Kidney Cancer Predisposition - also here

MicroRNA and embryonic stem cells

1. August 8, 2008 - Stem Cell microRNA, Transcription Factor Interplay Uncovered
2. August 9, 2008 - Putting MicroRNAs On The Stem Cell Map - also here, here

The insula, CREB1, and brain reward circuitry

1. August 8, 2008 - Connections Between Genetics, Brain Activity And Preference Discovered - also here, here

P53, mTOR, and cell growth

1. August 8, 2008 - Tumor Suppressor Inhibits Cell Growth - also here

Functional genomics of E. coli

1. August 8, 2008 - Novel Method Quickens Discovery Of Gene Function - also here, here

The cell cycle and DNA damage detection

1. August 8, 2008 - New Biochemical Pathway That Triggers Critical Repairs In DNA Replication Process Discovered - also here, here

Visual working memory

1. August 8, 2008 - Attention Grabbers Snatch Lion's Share Of Visual Memory - also here

Cell nuclear membranes

1. August 8, 2008 - Molecular bridge serves as a tether for a cell's nucleus - also here

Brain plasticity

1. August 9, 2008 - Trigger For Brain Plasticity Identified: Signal Comes, Surprisingly, From Outside The Brain - also here

Eosinophils

1. August 10, 2008 - Immune cell expels its mitochondrial DNA to keep invaders at bay
2. August 14, 2008 - White Blood Cell Uses DNA 'Catapult' To Fight Infection - also here, here

Aging and protein clearance

1. August 10, 2008 - In scientific first, researchers correct decline in organ function associated with old age - also here, here
2. August 10, 2008 - Cell change 'keeps organs young'
3. August 11, 2008 - Long Live the Liver
4. August 11, 2008 - Scientists stop the ageing process

Health and medicine

Cardiovascular disease

1. August 4, 2008 - U.S. approves two Novartis blood pressure pills
2. August 4, 2008 - MDCT Just As Accurate As MRI In Assessing Myocardial Infarction In Emergency Setting - also here
3. August 5, 2008 - Obesity seen protective in cases of heart failure
4. August 5, 2008 - Lowering Cholesterol Early In Life Could Save Lives - also here, here
5. August 6, 2008 - Broccoli could reverse the heart damaging effects of diabetes
6. August 7, 2008 - Heart disease tied to cognitive problems in midlife
7. August 8, 2008 - Coronary CTA Costs Less Than Standard Of Care For Triaging Women With Acute Chest Pain - also here, here
8. August 8, 2008 - FDA: Some cholesterol and heart drugs don't mix - also here
9. August 9, 2008 - People With Heart Disease Still Have Trouble Controlling Blood Lipid Levels - also here, here

Schizophrenia

1. August 4, 2008 - Estrogen may ease schizophrenia in women: study
2. August 4, 2008 - Schizophrenia Researchers Welcome New Blood
3. August 4, 2008 - Hormone eases psychotic symptoms
4. August 5, 2008 - Madness: Price of a Big Brain?
5. August 5, 2008 - Schizophrenia: Costly By-product Of Human Brain Evolution? - also here, here
6. August 5, 2008 - Estrogen Relieves Psychotic Symptoms In Women With Schizophrenia - also here, here
7. August 9, 2008 - Low marks linked to schizophrenia

Health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids

1. August 4, 2008 - Fatty fish may help prevent memory loss: study
2. August 4, 2008 - Eating fish may thwart "silent" brain damage
3. August 5, 2008 - Eating Fish May Prevent Memory Loss And Stroke In Old Age - also here
4. August 8, 2008 - Eat oily fish at least once a week to protect your eyesight in old age - also here, here

Cancer

1. August 4, 2008 - Prostate screening no help in men over 75: U.S. panel
2. August 4, 2008 - Vitamin C may be useful to treat cancer after all
3. August 4, 2008 - Vitamin C jabs may combat cancer
4. August 4, 2008 - US Preventive Services Task Force Updates Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations
5. August 4, 2008 - Lapatinib Reduces Brain Metastases In Mouse Model Of Metastatic Breast Cancer
6. August 4, 2008 - Turned-off Cannabinoid Receptor Turns On Colorectal Tumor Growth
7. August 4, 2008 - Methadone Breaks Resistance In Untreatable Forms Of Leukemia
8. August 4, 2008 - Immunotherapy In High-risk Pediatric Sarcomas Shows Promising Response
9. August 4, 2008 - Treatment with anti-anemia drugs may not be safe for multiple myeloma patients
10. August 4, 2008 - Vitamin C 'slows cancer growth'
11. August 5, 2008 - New Life for a Discredited Treatment?
12. August 5, 2008 - Delay in body growth linked to prostate cancer
13. August 5, 2008 - New Life for a Discredited Treatment?
14. August 5, 2008 - Injected vitamin C cuts cancer growth
15. August 5, 2008 - Vitamin C Injections Slow Tumor Growth In Mice - also here, here
16. August 5, 2008 - Overcoming Inhibitors Of Cell Death Improves Cancer Therapy Efficacy
17. August 5, 2008 - U.S. Panel Questions Prostate Screening
18. August 5, 2008 - Vitamin C injections slow cancer in mice: study - also here, here
19. August 5, 2008 - MDs urged to quit prostate screens in elderly men
20. August 5, 2008 - Prostate test advice for elderly won't stop debate - also here
21. August 6, 2008 - Cancer cell growth method spurs hope for children
22. August 6, 2008 - Sticking to diet advice cuts colon cancer risk
23. August 6, 2008 - Physicists Provide 'Guiding Hands' For Proton Therapy
24. August 7, 2008 - Breast CT Scanners Promise Painless Alternative To Mammography
25. August 7, 2008 - Measuring Cancer Therapy Success With Oxygen
26. August 7, 2008 - Researchers demonstrate activity of mebendazole in metastatic melanoma - also here, here
27. August 7, 2008 - Pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux faces several hurdles - also here
28. August 8, 2008 - Estrogen patch shows promise for prostate cancer
29. August 8, 2008 - Prostate cancer prognosis worse in obese men
30. August 8, 2008 - First step towards switching off breast cancer and leukaemia - also here, here
31. August 10, 2008 - PSA Screening May Be Biased Against Obese Men, Leading To More Aggressive Cancers - also here, here
32. August 10, 2008 - Cancer-inhibiting Compound Found Under The Sea - also here, here

AIDS

1. August 4, 2008 - Growth hormone may help some HIV patients
2. August 4, 2008 - TB hampers HIV treatment - study
3. August 4, 2008 - The end of AIDS is nowhere in sight
4. August 4, 2008 - HIV vaccine 'allows drug breaks'
5. August 5, 2008 - New AIDS vaccine blueprint calls for more focus
6. August 5, 2008 - International Panel Updates Treatment Guidelines For HIV Infection - also here
7. August 5, 2008 - Long-term HIV Treatment May Reduce Risk For Atherosclerosis - also here
8. August 5, 2008 - HIV drugs to be used in prevention
9. August 6, 2008 - Growth Hormone Treatment For HIV Patients Improves Abdominal Fat, But Worsens Glucose Level - also here
10. August 6, 2008 - Certain HIV Treatment Less Effective When Used With Anti-TB Therapy - also here
11. August 6, 2008 - Novel Method To Create Personalized Immunotherapy Treatments - also here, here
12. August 7, 2008 - Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Of Similar Benefit For HIV-infected Injection Drug Users - also here, here
13. August 7, 2008 - Why Treatment Isn't Effective For HIV - also here, here
14. August 7, 2008 - HIV Expert Says 1 Step Down, 2 More To Go In Quest To Cure AIDS
15. August 8, 2008 - Blocking HIV Multiplication: Structure Elucidation Of 'Kissing Complex'
16. August 10, 2008 - Standardized Evaluation Of Antibody Response To HIV-1 Needed, According to Study - also here
17. August 17, 2008 - Personalized Immunotherapy To Fight HIV/AIDS - also here, here

Sleep and obesity

1. August 4, 2008 - Lack of REM sleep may raise obesity risk in kids
2. August 6, 2008 - Less REM Sleep Associated With Being Overweight Among Children And Teens - also here , here

Nanobiotechnology

1. August 4, 2008 - Nanomagnets tackle cancer
2. August 6, 2008 - Gold Nanoshells Help Visibly Heat And Destroy Cancer
3. August 7, 2008 - Shape, Not Just Size, Impacts Effectiveness Of Emerging Nanomedicine Therapies - also here, here
4. August 7, 2008 - For Nanotech Drug Delivery, Size Doesn't Matter--Shape Does

Nicotine addiction and dopamine

1. August 5, 2008 - Study shows why once is enough to hook some smokers
2. August 6, 2008 - Why Some Smokers Become Addicted With Their First Cigarette - also here, here
3. August 8, 2008 - Gene raises risk of lifetime smoking habit: study
4. August 8, 2008 - Gene hooks smokers at first puff
5. August 9, 2008 - If Your First Cigarette Gave You A Buzz And You Now Smoke, A Gene May Be To Blame - also here, here

Septic shock

1. August 5, 2008 - Immune System Protein Accurate Predictor Of Survival In Pediatric Septic Shock

Tuberculosis

1. August 5, 2008 - Strategies To Control TB Outdated, Inadequate, Analysis Shows
2. August 6, 2008 - Extensive drug resistant TB still curable: study
3. August 7, 2008 - Treatment Outcomes Highlight Dangers Of Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis - also here
4. August 8, 2008 - Comprehensive Treatment Of Extensively Drug-resistant TB Works, Study Finds - also here, here

Obesity

1. August 5, 2008 - Research Suggests That Childhood Obesity Begins In Infancy - also here, here

Malaria

1. August 5, 2008 - Research Exposes New Target For Malaria Drugs - also here, here
2. August 4, 2008 - Human malaria jab tests nearing

Antibiotics

1. August 5, 2008 - Multi-tasking maggots in superbug showdown - also here
2. August 5, 2008 - Maggots could help in MRSA battle

Diabetes

1. August 5, 2008 - Broccoli may undo diabetes damage
2. August 7, 2008 - High vitamin C intake may cut diabetes risk
3. August 8, 2008 - Periodontal Disease Independently Predicts New Onset Diabetes - also here, here, here

Avian flu

1. August 6, 2008 - Suspected bird flu cases in Indonesia village: report - also here
2. August 7, 2008 - Indonesia probes bird flu 'outbreak'

Gene therapy for cancer

1. August 6, 2008 - New Gene Therapy Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells - also here, here

Disease-specific stem cell lines

1. August 7, 2008 - Scientists replicate diseases in the lab with new stem cell lines - also here
2. August 7, 2008 - Stem Cell Lines Mark Birth of New Field
3. August 7, 2008 - Pluripotent Stem Cells Created for 10 Diseases
4. August 7, 2008 - Skin cells produce library of diseased stem cells
5. August 7, 2008 - A disease cell line library
6. August 7, 2008 - Research to Advance with New Human Stem Cell-Based Models
7. August 7, 2008 - Scientists grow 'disease in a dish'
8. August 7, 2008 - Scientists Develop New Stem Cell Lines To Fight Diseases
9. August 7, 2008 - Scientists Create Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines
10. August 7, 2008 - Team Makes 10 Disease-Bearing Stem Cell Lines
11. August 7, 2008 - Scientists create stem cells to help decipher diseases
12. August 7, 2008 - Stem-Cell Breakthrough Pins Hope For New Treatments Of Genetic Diseases
13. August 7, 2008 - Ten diseases in a dish
14. August 7, 2008 - Skin Cells Produce Library of Diseased Stem Cells
15. August 8, 2008 - Scientists create stem cells for 10 disorders - also here
16. August 8, 2008 - US team creates stem cells of 10 incurable diseases
17. August 8, 2008 - Twenty Disease-specific Stem Cell Lines Created - also here
18. August 8, 2008 - 'Disease in a dish' method could lead to treatments for many serious disorders
19. August 8, 2008 - Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines Developed - also here
20. August 8, 2008 - Experts in stem cell breakthrough
21. August 8, 2008 - US scientists create 20 disease-specific stem cell lines for global research use
22. August 8, 2008 - 'Diseased' cells offer new insights
23. August 8, 2008 - Stem cell lines for 10 diseases created
24. August 8, 2008 - Scientists Create New Stem Cell Lines

RNAi therapy for AIDS

1. August 7, 2008 - Making T cells tougher against HIV
2. August 7, 2008 - Silencing HIV
3. August 7, 2008 - RNA tackles HIV
4. August 7, 2008 - 'Silencing' HIV with small bits of RNA
5. August 7, 2008 - Researchers Silence HIV in Mice Engineered to Be Like Humans
6. August 8, 2008 - Researchers Halt Spread Of HIV With RNAi In Animal Model

Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory phenols in herbs

1. August 7, 2008 - Spices May Protect Against Consequences Of High Blood Sugar - also here

Inflammatory bowel disease

1. August 7, 2008 - Pathogen that causes disease in cattle also associated with Crohn's disease - also here, here

B cells and autoimmune disease

1. August 8, 2008 - B Cells Can Act Alone In Autoimmune Disease - also here

Mast cells, histamines, NF-κB, and allergies

1. August 8, 2008 - Multi-tasking Molecule Holds Key To Allergic Reactions - also here

Hepatitis C

1. August 8, 2008 - Early treatment is key to combating hepatitis C virus - also here, here

Dopamine, addiction, and Parkinson's disease

1. August 8, 2008 - Why dopamine freezes parkinson patients and drives drug addicts - also here, here

Autism

1. August 9, 2008 - Diet And Autism Research Focuses On Which Foods May Affect Autistic Behavior - also here, here

Gene therapy and cancer

1. August 10, 2008 - Why Gene Therapy Caused Leukemia In Some 'Boy In The Bubble Syndrome' Patients

GABA and weight control

1. August 10, 2008 - Scientists identify another piece of the weight-control puzzle - also here

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