Cell signaling news
Here we present recent news items specially selected from Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology.
April 2006
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Flu-vaccine makers toil to boost supply
A shortfall in the stock of flu-vaccine highlights the need for an alternative strategy.
Nature (27 April 2006)
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World Bank defends efforts to curb malaria
Critics have accused the World Bank of failing to fulfil its promise to provide funds and leadership for Africa's fight against malaria.
Nature (27 April 2006)
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Societies spurn women editors
Theresa Markow, president of the Society for the Study of Evolution
(SSE), has stepped down in protest that women were not adequately
considered for the editorship of its journal, Evolution.
Nature (20 April 2006)
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Wanted: cancer boss
The White House is looking for a new head for the National Cancer Institute.
Nature (20 April 2006)
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Counting the dead
Twenty years after the worst nuclear accident in history, arguments
over the death toll of Chernobyl are as politically charged as ever.
Nature (20 April 2006)
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Malaria breakthrough raises spectre of drug resistance
Synthetic chemists have put plant genes into yeast to make it churn out
large amounts of artemisinic acid, the precursor of the malaria drug
artemisinin.
Nature (13 April 2006)
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Can super-antibody drugs be tamed?
As it becomes clear that the London clinical trial disaster was due to
the drug itself, is there any future for 'superagonist' antibody
therapies?
Nature (13 April 2006)
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First inhalable insulin approved
Exubera, the first inhalable version of insulin, offers diabetics an alternative to the traditional needle-based delivery.
Nature Biotechnology (April 2006)
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Complement inhibitors finally find orphan niches
Drugs that inhibit the complement cascade, which could potentially be
used to treat arthritis and cardiovascular disease, are one step closer
to being approved.
Nature Biotechnology (April 2006)
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Further accusations rock Japanese RNA laboratory
Suspicion of fraud hangs over pioneering RNA work from the laboratory of biochemist Kazunari Taira, University of Tokyo.
Nature (06 April 2006)
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Doubts over evolution block funding by Canadian agency
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Canadian federal agency has denied funding to a science-education
researcher partly because of its doubts about the theory of evolution.
Nature (06 April 2006)
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Wellcome Trust fuelled bid to save British science treasure
The Wellcome Trust put its financial weight behind Britain's Royal
Society to rescue a prized seventeenth-century manuscript from auction
bidders in London.
Nature (06 April 2006)
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From the front lines
As the H5N1 flu virus continues to sweep across the globe, researchers
in some of the countries affected describe in their own words the
political and scientific challenges that they face.
Nature (06 April 2006)
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Failed prevention trials leave behind bounty of samples
Biologists might still be able to link diet and disease as they gain access to the The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) database.
Nature Medicine (April 2006)
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Swedish students protest proposal to cut PhD terms
Shorter PhD programs threaten educational standards and employment prospects.
Nature Medicine (April 2006)
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US drug approval ignores science's subtleties, experts say
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should be more flexible in reacting to safety concerns.
Nature Medicine (April 2006)
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News in brief
Tissue donors don't own their cells, says judge
| Deal ends dispute over Harvard's missing samples
| California court quashes action over stem-cell plan
| Korean women launch lawsuit over egg donation
| US cancer funding creates business as well as science
| UK unleashes watchdog to enforce research integrity
| Californian stem-cell centre gets stopgap funds
| Jury rules against Vioxx in heart-attack case
| Germany approves cash boost for high-tech science
| Tysabri back on track
| Argentina's new biotech law
| Fantasy reference list leads to the sack
| Japan tempts young lovers with science magazine
| Industry-funded studies see dramatic rise
| Bush's pick for FDA chief faces disputes
| Embattled Harvard president to step down
| Global stem cell guidelines proposed
News Features
Gene expression: An expression of interest
Laura Bonetta examines the latest tools for the manipulation of gene expression in stem cells and neurons.
Nature (27 April 2006)
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Bioethics: Dial 'E' for ethics
Facing a moral dilemma in the lab? No reason to panic. Helen Pilcher meets the academic troubleshooters who promise a quick answer to any ethical problem.
Nature (27 April 2006)
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Handle with care
China's drug market is booming, and will soon be the fifth largest in
the world. But despite this potential, global companies are being
advised to approach the country with caution.
Nature (20 April 2006)
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Plant science: Gardens in full bloom
In a world of declining biodiversity, botanical gardens are coming into
their own - both as storehouses of rare plants and as centers of
molecular research.
Nature (13 April 2006)
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BIO reaches adolescence
Recent turnover of the staff at the US Biotechnology Industry
Organization and the appointment of a politician to head it suggests a
new role for the organization.
Nature Biotechnology (April 2006)
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Cell biology: The story of i
Multicellular creatures can be battlegrounds for competing populations
of cells. Claire Ainsworth learns how this way of looking at an
individual is feeding into immunology and cancer biology.
Nature (06 April 2006)
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News Feature: Drugs down the drain
Remnants of everything in your medicine cabinet can now be found in the water supply. Should you be worried?
Nature Medicine (April 2006)
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