Volume 8, Number 39 September 28, 2009

Physical sciences and technology Global warming Milky Way central core Carbon nanotubes Retinal prostheses Dark matter Congruent numbers Supernovae Bose-Einstein condensates Water on Mars Solar EUV radiation Neutron star gamma-ray pulsations Photovoltaics Gravitational waves Macroscopic quantum entanglement Cosmic microwave background Environmental boundaries Aharonov-Bohm effect Protoplanetary disks Superconductivity Kepler telescope Graphene Solar activity Nanotechnology Photonics Phase-change memory Very high energy gamma-rays Quantum computing Exciton transistors Lab-on-a-chip Laser wakefield accelerators Life sciences Transport of signaling proteins Caspases Integrins and cell adhesion Regulatory T cells and lung injury repair Protein flexibility Irreversibility of evolution Bilaterians Reactive oxygen species and immune response Bacterial chemoreceptors Zebrafish immune system Enzyme enhancement Metabolic network of Thermotoga maritima Cell sensing of its environemnt Mountains and evolution Bacterial motion Clostridium difficile hypervirulence Endoplasmic reticulum, stress, and apoptosis Sex chromosomes and speciation Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior Melanin-concentrating hormone Visual learning of motion Mood and memory Axonal branching Modeling cocaine addiction Autism Schizophrenia Concept formation Attention and perception Free will COMT and cognitive ability Brain-imaging studies Memory of second language Modeling balance of brain excitation and inhibition Neural representation of number Health and medicine Cardiovascular disease Alzheimer's disease Cancer Rheumatoid arthritis Gene therapy Diabetes AIDS Parkinson's disease Cancer biology Antibiotic resistance Nanobiotechnology Psoriasis Stem cells Metabolic syndrome Age-related muscle degeneration Malaria High affinity cancer-reactive T cells Tuberculosis Hepatitis C Tissue engineering Antibiotics

Physical sciences and technology

Global warming

1. September 21, 2009 - Arctic Ice to Last Decades Longer Than Thought?
2. September 22, 2009 - Hurricane frequency is up but not their strength, say researchers - also here
3. September 23, 2009 - Antarctic coastal ice thinning surprises experts
4. September 23, 2009 - Global warming may dent El Niño's protective shield from Atlantic hurricanes, increase droughts - also here
5. September 23, 2009 - Lasers from space show thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets - also here
6. September 23, 2009 - NASA data: Greenland, Antarctic ice melt worsening
7. September 23, 2009 - Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers - also here
8. September 24, 2009 - NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning
9. September 24, 2009 - Earth's glaciers melting at an accelerated rate
10. September 24, 2009 - Laser satellite records ice loss
11. September 24, 2009 - Satellite reveals faster melting of polar ice
12. September 24, 2009 - Planned emission cuts still mean far hotter Earth
13. September 25, 2009 - New Analysis Brings Dire Forecast Of 6.3-Degree Temperature Increase
14. September 25, 2009 - Droughts, melts signal climate change quickening: U.N.
15. September 27, 2009 - Heavier Rainstorms Ahead Due To Global Climate Change, Study Predicts
16. September 27, 2009 - 4 degrees warming "likely" without CO2 cuts: study

Milky Way central core

1. September 21, 2009 - New View of the Center of the Galaxy
2. September 21, 2009 - Zooming to the centre of the Milky Way -- GigaGalaxy Zoom phase 2 - also here
3. September 22, 2009 - Details of Galactic Core Revealed in X-Rays
4. September 22, 2009 - New Vista of Milky Way Center Unveiled - also here
5. September 22, 2009 - New Views of Our Milky Way Revealed

Carbon nanotubes

1. September 21, 2009 - Springs built from nanotubes could provide big power storage potential
2. September 22, 2009 - Could a paper transistor offer an alternative to silicon?

Retinal prostheses

1. September 21, 2009 - Artificial Vision Enhancers Being Put To The Test
2. September 23, 2009 - New retinal implant developed - also here

Dark matter

1. September 21, 2009 - Is dark matter mostly 'dark atoms'?
2. September 25, 2009 - Prototype developed to detect dark matter - also here

Congruent numbers

1. September 22, 2009 - New computer methods reveal secrets of ancient math problem - also here
2. September 23, 2009 - Taking the Tally of Curious Triangles

Supernovae

1. September 22, 2009 - Computer code gives astrophysicists first full simulation of star's final hours - also here

Bose-Einstein condensates

1. September 22, 2009 - German scientists produce first Bose-Einstein condensate with calcium atoms - also here

Water on Mars

1. September 22, 2009 - Radar Map of Buried Mars Layers Matches Climate Cycles - also here
2. September 24, 2009 - NASA finds ice on the moon and on Mars
3. September 24, 2009 - Craters Show 1970s Viking Lander Missed Martian Ice by Inches
4. September 24, 2009 - Scientists see water ice in fresh meteorite craters on Mars - also here
5. September 24, 2009 - Water Ice Exposed in Mars Craters
6. September 24, 2009 - Spacecraft spies frozen water in Martian craters
7. September 25, 2009 - Mars probe watches water-ice fade
8. September 26, 2009 - NASA discovers ice may be extensive on Mars
9. September 29, 2009 - Viking 2 came close to finding H2O

Solar EUV radiation

1. September 22, 2009 - EVE: Measuring the Sun's hidden variability

Neutron star gamma-ray pulsations

1. September 22, 2009 - Fermi Large Area Telescope Reveals Pulsing Gamma-Ray Sources

Photovoltaics

1. September 22, 2009 - IMEC presents large area solar cells with 18.4 conversion efficiency, featuring Cu-plated contacts - also here
2. September 22, 2009 - IMEC unveils promising mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge multijunction solar cell - also here

Gravitational waves

1. September 22, 2009 - Galactic-scale observatory planned

Macroscopic quantum entanglement

1. September 23, 2009 - Entanglement in the macroworld - also here
2. September 23, 2009 - Physicists make discovery in quantum mechanics - also here

Cosmic microwave background

1. September 23, 2009 - Huge Cold Spot in Early Universe Not so Cold After All?

Environmental boundaries

1. September 23, 2009 - 9 Environmental Boundaries We Don't Want to Cross
2. September 23, 2009 - International scientists set boundaries for survival
3. September 23, 2009 - Scientists outline planetary boundaries: A safe operating space for humanity - also here
4. September 23, 2009 - Scientists Identify Safe Limits for Human Impacts on Planet
5. September 23, 2009 - Earth needs users' guide to protect it from people

Aharonov-Bohm effect

1. September 23, 2009 - Article examines rare quantum physics effect

Protoplanetary disks

1. September 23, 2009 - Spitzer Spots Clump of Swirling Planetary Material - also here
2. September 23, 2009 - Part of Planet Formation Possibly Seen in Real-time
3. September 24, 2009 - Twin Keck telescopes probe dual dust disks - also here
4. September 26, 2009 - No home in the galactic outer suburbs

Superconductivity

1. September 23, 2009 - Researchers to build light-based crystal simulator

Kepler telescope

1. September 23, 2009 - Kepler Mission Update

Graphene

1. September 23, 2009 - A flash of light turns graphene into a biosensor - also here
2. September 24, 2009 - A Splash Of Graphene Improves Battery Materials

Solar activity

1. September 23, 2009 - The Sun could be heading into period of extended calm

Nanotechnology

1. September 24, 2009 - Harnessing nanopatterns: Tiny textures can produce big differences
2. September 24, 2009 - Engineers produce 'how-to' guide for controlling the structure of nanoparticles - also here

Photonics

1. September 24, 2009 - Promising Photonic Devices: A Tiny, Tunable Well Of Light

Phase-change memory

1. September 25, 2009 - Melting memory chips in mass production

Very high energy gamma rays

1. September 25, 2009 - Very High Energy Gamma Rays

Quantum computing

1. September 25, 2009 - Photon 'machine gun' could power quantum computers

Exciton transistors

1. September 27, 2009 - Discovery brings new type of fast computers closer to reality - also here

Lab-on-a-chip

1. September 27, 2009 - Lab-on-a-Chip Performs 1,000 Chemical Reactions At Once

Laser wakefield accelerators

1. September 27, 2009 - Physicists shrink X-ray source

Life sciences

Transport of signaling proteins

1. September 21, 2009 - Nanoresearchers challenge dogma in protein transportation in cells - also here

Caspases

1. September 21, 2009 - How proteins talk to each other: Caspase-3 cleaves in unforeseen ways - also here

Integrins and cell adhesion

1. September 21, 2009 - Functional Differences Discovered Between Two Integrins In Adhesion Of The Cell To Its Environment

Regulatory T cells and lung injury repair

1. September 21, 2009 - Healing badly damaged lungs: Distinct set of white blood cells found to set the pace of wound repair - also here

Protein flexibility

1. September 22, 2009 - Tethered protein provides long-sought answer - also here

Irreversibility of evolution

1. September 23, 2009 - Protein burns its evolutionary bridges
2. September 23, 2009 - Dylan to Darwin: Don't Look Back
3. September 23, 2009 - Ratchet-like genetic mutations make evolution irreversible - also here
4. September 23, 2009 - For proteins, evolution can't go backwards

Bilaterians

1. September 23, 2009 - Research team finds first evolutionary branching for bilateral animals - also here

Reactive oxygen species and immune response

1. September 24, 2009 - Reactive oxygen in fruit flies acts as a cell signalling mechanism for immune response - also here

Bacterial chemoreceptors

1. September 24, 2009 - Scientists get detailed glimpse of chemoreceptor architecture in bacterial cells - also here

Zebrafish immune system

1. September 24, 2009 - Fish fend off invading germs with an initial response similar to the one found in people - also here

Enzyme enhancement

1. September 24, 2009 - Improving properties of enzymes - also here

Metabolic network of Thermotoga maritima

1. September 24, 2009 - Shaping a cell's metabolic network
2. September 25, 2009 - Comprehensive understanding of bacteria could lead to new insights into many organisms - also here

Cell sensing of its environemnt

1. September 25, 2009 - New model suggests cells may be more sensitive to their environment than previously thought
2. September 28, 2009 - Cells Mind the Gaps

Mountains and evolution

1. September 25, 2009 - Mountains may be cradles of evolution

Bacterial motion

1. September 25, 2009 - Engineers track bacteria's kayak paddle-like motion for first time - also here

Clostridium difficile hypervirulence

1. September 25, 2009 - C. difficile hypervirulence genes identified - also here
2. September 27, 2009 - C. diff rise due to 'gene switch'

Endoplasmic reticulum, stress, and apoptosis

1. September 27, 2009 - Prolonged Stress Sparks Endoplasmic Reticulum To Release Calcium Stores And Induce Cell Death In Aging-related Diseases

Sex chromosomes and speciation

1. September 27, 2009 - Sex chromosomes linked to evolution of new species

Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior

Melanin-concentrating hormone

1. September 21, 2009 - Researchers Explain Why Hunger Triggers Infertility

Visual learning of motion

1. September 21, 2009 - Perceptual learning relies on local motion signals to learn global motion - also here

Mood and memory

1. September 21, 2009 - New study shows that mood has limited effect on memory - also here

Axonal branching

1. September 21, 2009 - Researchers discover molecule responsible for axonal branching - also here

Modeling cocaine addiction

1. September 22, 2009 - Computer model shows changes in brain mechanisms for cocaine addicts - also here

Autism

1. September 22, 2009 - UK national autism research study results published
2. September 25, 2009 - Autism may include aptitude for analogy

Schizophrenia

1. September 23, 2009 - Schizophrenia gene linked with abnormal neurogenesis in adult and postnatal brain - also here

Concept formation

1. September 23, 2009 - Concept acquisition in the human brain - also here
2. September 28, 2009 - Concepts are born in the hippocampus

Attention and perception

1. September 23, 2009 - Attention makes sensory signals stand out amidst the background noise in the brain - also here

Free will

1. September 23, 2009 - Free will is not an illusion after all

COMT and cognitive ability

1. September 23, 2009 - Gene for memory and IQ gives students low grades

Brain-imaging studies

1. September 24, 2009 - Brain Scans Reveal What You've Seen

Memory of second language

1. September 24, 2009 - Study suggests the brain can remember a 'forgotten' language - also here

Modeling balance of brain excitation and inhibition

1. September 24, 2009 - New model suggests how the brain might stay in balance - also here

Neural representation of number

1. September 24, 2009 - The brain shows slightly different, but overlapping patterns when processing digits and dots of the same value
2. September 24, 2009 - Cracking the brain's numerical code - also here
3. September 25, 2009 - Scientists See Numbers Inside People's Heads

Health and medicine

Cardiovascular disease

1. September 21, 2009 - Flu causes heart attacks but vaccine protects: study - also here
2. September 21, 2009 - You really can die of a broken heart
3. September 21, 2009 - Insufficient levels of vitamin D puts elderly at increased risk of dying from heart disease - also here
4. September 21, 2009 - Flu boosts heart-attack risk, says study
5. September 21, 2009 - Postmenopausal Women, Too, Reap Cardiovascular Benefits From Endurance Training
6. September 21, 2009 - New Genetic Link Between Cardiac Arrhythmias And Thyroid Dysfunction Identified
7. September 21, 2009 - Two Treatment Innovations Improve Heart Function After Heart Attack
8. September 21, 2009 - Pediatric Strokes More Than Twice As Common As Previously Reported
9. September 21, 2009 - Study: Flu viruses can spark heart attacks
10. September 22, 2009 - Study finds even more may benefit from statin use
11. September 22, 2009 - Influenza may increase heart attack risk
12. September 22, 2009 - Women with atrial fibrillation are at significantly higher risk of stroke and death compared to men - also here
13. September 23, 2009 - Low vitamin D raises blood pressure in women: study
14. September 23, 2009 - Fructose tied to higher blood pressure: study
15. September 23, 2009 - Obese kids with big bellies at greatest heart risk
16. September 23, 2009 - High-sugar diet increases men's blood pressure; gout drug protective - also here
17. September 24, 2009 - Low vitamin D may be deadly for older adults
18. September 24, 2009 - Enzyme is key to clogged arteries - also here
19. September 24, 2009 - Vitamin D deficiency in younger women increases risk of high blood pressure - also here
20. September 24, 2009 - Coronary imaging techniques helps to identify plaques likely to cause heart attacks - also here
21. September 25, 2009 - Body's immune system response to dental plaque varies by gender and race - also here
22. September 25, 2009 - Researchers propose a relationship between androgen deficiency and cardiovascular disease - also here
23. September 25, 2009 - Drug-eluting stents better than bare-metal stents for heart attack patients
24. September 25, 2009 - Sanofi heart drug wins green light in Europe

Alzheimer's disease

1. September 21, 2009 - Problems managing money may foreshadow Alzheimer's
2. September 21, 2009 - Progress towards Alzheimer's vaccine - also here
3. September 21, 2009 - Problems managing money may surface shortly before Alzheimer's disease sets in
4. September 21, 2009 - Money problems 'signal dementia'
5. September 22, 2009 - Rethinking Alzheimer's disease and its treatment targets - also here
6. September 23, 2009 - Keeping the aging mind active cuts dementia risk
7. September 23, 2009 - Poor Money Management May Be Early Indicator Of Alzheimer's Disease
8. September 24, 2009 - Lack of sleep may play role in Alzheimer's: study
9. September 24, 2009 - Alzheimer's linked to lack of Zzzzs
10. September 24, 2009 - Late nights linked to Alzheimer's
11. September 24, 2009 - A Connection Between Sleep and Alzheimer's?
12. September 24, 2009 - Sleep loss linked to increase in Alzheimer's plaques - also here
13. September 24, 2009 - Scientists to test gammaglobulin treatment for Alzheimer's disease - also here
14. September 24, 2009 - Lack of sleep linked to Alzheimer's

Cancer

1. September 21, 2009 - Melanoma patients live longer on Roche's Avastin - also here
2. September 21, 2009 - Study finds aspirin protects against colon cancer - also here
3. September 21, 2009 - Bayer, Onyx drug impresses in breast cancer study
4. September 21, 2009 - Tanning may be associated with moles in very light-skinned children - also here
5. September 21, 2009 - Switching early breast cancer patients to exemestane improves long-term survival - also here
6. September 21, 2009 - New blood tests promise simple, cost-effective diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers - also here
7. September 21, 2009 - Experimental drug lets B cells live and lymphoma cells die - also here
8. September 21, 2009 - Regulating The Regulators: New Therapeutic Approach Against Cancer
9. September 21, 2009 - Researchers: Aspirin cuts colon cancer risk - also here
10. September 21, 2009 - Amgen bone drug proves itself in cancer studies
11. September 21, 2009 - OncoMethylome, German group see new cancer tests
12. September 21, 2009 - Amgen's Vectibix performs well in cancer study
13. September 21, 2009 - Aeterna stock jumps on early cancer drug test
14. September 22, 2009 - Heat helps in cancer treatment
15. September 22, 2009 - Tanning may up skin cancer risk for palest kids
16. September 22, 2009 - Vitamin B6 tied to better prostate cancer survival
17. September 22, 2009 - Oxford Bio's failed cancer vaccine may help some - also here
18. September 22, 2009 - Linking obesity with leukemia relapses
19. September 22, 2009 - Whole-brain radiotherapy after surgery or radiosurgery not recommended for brain metastases - also here
20. September 22, 2009 - Targeted heat therapy offers new standard treatment option for soft tissue sarcoma - also here
21. September 22, 2009 - Adding cetuximab to chemotherapy reduces advanced lung cancer death risk by 13 percent - also here
22. September 22, 2009 - Study of adjuvant endocrine treatment for breast cancer reveals cost of noncompliance - also here
23. September 22, 2009 - Revolutionary drug could be new hope for adrenal cancer patients - also here
24. September 22, 2009 - Expert calls for new cancer research priorities - also here
25. September 22, 2009 - Amgen's Vectibix helps in 2nd line cancer therapy
26. September 22, 2009 - Bayer's contested kidney cancer drug shows benefit
27. September 23, 2009 - Breast cancer drug cuts risk of second cancer
28. September 23, 2009 - New gene-targeted drug offers hope in skin cancer
29. September 23, 2009 - Roche's Avastin misses melanoma goal, after all
30. September 23, 2009 - Bayer, Onyx pill beats hopes in breast cancer test
31. September 23, 2009 - Study reveals 2/3 of prostate cancer patients do not need treatment - also here
32. September 23, 2009 - Trial of new treatment for advanced melanoma shows rapid shrinking of tumors - also here
33. September 23, 2009 - New cancer drug test promises safer and more effective clinical trials - also here
34. September 23, 2009 - Ultrasound can predict tumor burden and survival in melanoma patients - also here
35. September 23, 2009 - Sorafenib significantly improves the length of time before breast cancer worsens - also here
36. September 23, 2009 - Merkel cell polyomavirus associated with Merkel cell carcinoma - also here
37. September 23, 2009 - Killer prostate cancer test hope
38. September 23, 2009 - Hope over new skin cancer therapy
39. September 23, 2009 - Doubling chemo dose helped leukemia patients - also here
40. September 24, 2009 - Early form of breast cancer may need new name
41. September 24, 2009 - Folate-rich diet cuts women's colon cancer risk
42. September 24, 2009 - Fat caused 124,000 cancer cases in Europe: experts
43. September 24, 2009 - Pancreatic cancer: Researchers find drug that reverses resistance to chemotherapy - also here
44. September 24, 2009 - Piezoelectric Fingers Key in New Breast Cancer Detector
45. September 24, 2009 - Environmental chemicals found in breast milk and high incidence of testicular cancer - also here
46. September 24, 2009 - Excess body weight causes over 124,000 new cancers a year in Europe - also here
47. September 24, 2009 - Study examines use of toad venom in cancer treatment - also here
48. September 24, 2009 - Lifestyle interventions in the prevention and treatment of cancer
49. September 24, 2009 - No Evidence To Support Ovarian Cancer Screening, Australian Experts Agree
50. September 24, 2009 - Prostate screening under scrutiny
51. September 24, 2009 - Obesity could become top cancer cause
52. September 24, 2009 - Precancer? Earliest cancer? Milk-duct cells vexing - also here
53. September 24, 2009 - Genzyme says Campath succeeds in leukemia trial
54. September 25, 2009 - Should all men be screened for prostate cancer?
55. September 25, 2009 - No link seen between meat and risk of brain cancer
56. September 25, 2009 - Green tea linked to less stomach cancer in women
57. September 25, 2009 - Does Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy prevent gastric cancer? - also here
58. September 25, 2009 - Certain cancers more common among HIV patients than non-HIV patients - also here
59. September 25, 2009 - Study shows use of Herceptin in treatment of stomach cancer prolongs life
60. September 25, 2009 - Vaccination And Testing For The Human Papilloma Virus Could Eradicate Cervical Cancer
61. September 25, 2009 - Allos Therapeutics' cancer drug gets FDA nod
62. September 25, 2009 - Roche U.S. cancer drug trial enrollment suspended
63. September 25, 2009 - EU agency backs Zeltia drug for ovarian cancer
64. September 26, 2009 - Obesity Hinders Chemotherapy Treatment In Children With Leukemia

Rheumatoid arthritis

1. September 21, 2009 - Experimental Approach May Reverse Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis - also here

Gene therapy

1. September 21, 2009 - Junk DNA may prove invaluable in quest for gene therapies - also here
2. September 22, 2009 - Historic gene therapy trial to treat Alzheimer's disease underway at Georgetown - also here
3. September 25, 2009 - Nanodiamonds Advance Anticancer Gene Therapy
4. September 25, 2009 - Finding Better Ways to Diagnose Heart Attacks

Diabetes

1. September 21, 2009 - Large fat cells may increase risk of type 2 diabetes in women
2. September 22, 2009 - Pancreatic fat levels may help predict diabetes, researchers say - also here
3. September 23, 2009 - Girl's rare form of diabetes leads to injection-free treatment for some
4. September 23, 2009 - Is inhaled insulin delivery still a possibility? Why has it been a commercial failure? - also here

AIDS

1. September 21, 2009 - New chemically-activated antigen could expedite development of HIV vaccine - also here
2. September 24, 2009 - AIDS vaccine protects people, shocks researchers - also here
3. September 24, 2009 - U.N. agencies say AIDS vaccine results promising
4. September 24, 2009 - AIDS vaccine "important step" against disease
5. September 24, 2009 - AIDS vaccine protects 1/3 of trial volunteers - also here
6. September 24, 2009 - AIDS vaccine protects 1/3 of people in Thai trial
7. September 24, 2009 - Q+A: In a first, an HIV vaccine works - but why?
8. September 24, 2009 - HIV vax testers react to Thai trial
9. September 24, 2009 - Vaccine protects against HIV virus
10. September 24, 2009 - Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection - also here
11. September 24, 2009 - HIV vaccine 'reduces infection'
12. September 24, 2009 - In a first, an AIDS vaccine shows some success
13. September 25, 2009 - HIV vaccine breakthrough 'gives hope'
14. September 25, 2009 - AIDS vaccine cuts infection rate
15. September 25, 2009 - HIV vaccine feat leaves more questions than answers

Parkinson's disease

1. September 21, 2009 - Can an over-the-counter vitamin-like substance slow the progression of Parkinson's disease?
2. September 22, 2009 - Can Over-the-counter Vitamin-like Substance -- Coenzyme Q10 -- Slow Progression Of Parkinson's Disease?
3. September 23, 2009 - Rasagiline drug might slow Parkinson's - also here

Cancer biology

1. September 21, 2009 - Short-term stress enhances anti-tumor activity in mice, study shows - also here
2. September 21, 2009 - Cancer predisposition from genetic variation shows strong gender bias - also here
3. September 22, 2009 - Naked mole rats may help cure cancer
4. September 23, 2009 - Blocking signal molecule can prevent growth of large intestine and colon cancer - also here
5. September 24, 2009 - Novel 'On-off Switch' Mechanism Stops Cancer In Its Tracks

Antibiotic resistance

1. September 21, 2009 - 'Evolutionary forecasting' for drug resistance

Nanobiotechnology

1. September 21, 2009 - Anticancer Nanotech: Protein Can Be Used To Carry Radioactive Isotopes To Cancerous Tumor
2. September 22, 2009 - New discovery reveals fate of nanoparticles in human cells - also here
3. September 22, 2009 - Therapeutic nanoparticles give new meaning to sugar-coating medicine - also here
4. September 23, 2009 - Magnetic Nanoworms and Nanocrystals Deliver siRNA to Tumors
5. September 24, 2009 - Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Catalyze Brain Tumor Death
6. September 24, 2009 - Researchers create new strategy for highly-selective chemotherapy delivery - also here
7. September 24, 2009 - Golden Nanotubes Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Nodes

Psoriasis

1. September 21, 2009 - Incyte says psoriasis drug meets main goal, shares up

Stem cells

1. September 21, 2009 - Neuralstem gets FDA OK to test stem cell drug in humans
2. September 22, 2009 - Stem cell hope for childhood motor neuron disease

Metabolic syndrome

1. September 22, 2009 - Childbearing increases chance of developing the metabolic syndrome - also here

Age-related muscle degeneration

1. September 22, 2009 - To regenerate muscle, cellular garbage men must become builders - also here
2. September 22, 2009 - New research provides new insight into age-related muscle decline - also here
3. September 23, 2009 - Research shows safe dosages of common pain reliever may help prevent conditions related to aging - also here
4. September 25, 2009 - Insulin boost restores muscle growth in elderly - also here

Malaria

1. September 23, 2009 - Malaria parasite's resistance to top drug grows: WHO
2. September 23, 2009 - Malaria drugs may get new lease of life

High affinity cancer-reactive T cells

1. September 23, 2009 - Study looks at using the immune system to reduce prostate cancer risk - also here

Tuberculosis

1. September 23, 2009 - New test quickly ID's active TB in smear-negative patients - also here

Hepatitis C

1. September 23, 2009 - Discovery could improve hepatitis C treatment - also here

Tissue engineering

1. September 24, 2009 - Mount Sinai leads unprecedented attempt to discover rules for assembling human tissue

Antibiotics

1. September 27, 2009 - Researchers discover a new antibacterial lead - also here

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