Cell signaling news
Here we present recent news items specially selected from Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology.
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Nigeria ready for huge science spend
Nigeria is considering creating a US$5-billion endowment fund for science and technology — an investment that would generate a research budget on a par with many developed nations.
Nature (27 July 2006)
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A long week in stem-cell politics...
Just days after US President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have significantly broadened federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research, European Union ministers have given the green light to funding guidelines similar to the US proposal.
Nature (27 July 2006)
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The lure of stem-cell lines
Nature investigates what human embryonic stem-cell lines have been derived worldwide so far, and why scientists are so desperate to work with new ones.
Nature (27 July 2006)
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It's legal: Italian researchers defend their work with embryonic stem cells
Embryonic stem-cell researchers in Italy have reacted strongly to comments made by a Catholic cardinal earlier this month that scientists deriving stem cells for research should be excommunicated.
Nature (20 July 2006)
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Merck moves into biotech
Merck, has entered the biotech arena by announcing its plans to purchase two protein manufacturing firms.
Nature Biotechnology (July 2006)
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Family tragedy spotlights flu mutations
A strain of avian flu that spread through a family in Indonesia accumulated mutations as it spread from person to person.
Nature (13 July 2006)
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PS I want all the rights
Journal publishers are determined to hold on to their rights to the published version of scientific articles.
Nature (13 July 2006)
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City state hopes research cash will buy global status
Singapore will almost double its research budget over the next five years, to a hefty 3% of its gross domestic product (GDP).
Nature (13 July 2006)
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Informed consent issues hobble cancer genome scheme
The federal government's ambitious cancer genome project is facing daunting ethical and practical hurdles, barely months after its launch.
Nature Medicine (July 2006)
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NIH scandal underscores lack of sample oversight
The example of the researcher who sold tissue samples to Pfizer raises serious questions.
Nature Medicine (July 2006)
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Eyebrows raised over extended age range for cervical cancer vaccine
Experts are skeptical about the vaccine's use in older women.
Nature Medicine (July 2006)
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Simple recipe gives adult cells embryonic powers
Just four factors are enough to reprogramme mouse cells.
Nature (6 July 2006)
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Doing conservation by numbers
Biologists try business-like approach to saving tigers.
Nature (6 July 2006)
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Top five science blogs
Weblogs written by scientists are relatively rare, but, five scientists' sites make it into the top 3,500.
Nature (6 July 2006)
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Sociologist fools physics judges
After more than 30 years of studying physicists, can a social scientist pass as a physicist?
Nature (6 July 2006)
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Snapshot: Venus by day and night
European probe enters final orbit.
Nature (6 July 2006)
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News in brief
Founder of gene therapy convicted of child abuse
| Nobel laureate accused of blocking MIT appointment
| Private funds set to counter 'crazy' retirement rules
| Gibbon has cheek to join the genome sequencing élite
| Police question UK science minister in loan inquiry
| Reporting of biodefence risks comes under scrutiny
| Malaria in Africa set to get the SETI treatment
| US approval for Omnitrope
| Peer review coming to patents?
| Misconduct scandal delays Japan's research funding
| Hwang admits being responsible for faked data
| Harvard scientists set to clone human stem cells
| US abandons scheme to license foreign scientist
|Tsunami warning system goes online in Indian Ocean
| US biologist who faked data faces a year in jail
News Features
The trouble with replication
The idea that readers should be able to replicate published scientific results is seen as the bedrock of modern science. But what if replication proves difficult or impossible?
Nature (27 July 2006)
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Bird flu: On border patrol
The United States has embarked on a huge effort to try to track the H5N1 avian flu virus in birds migrating into the country. But is surveillance more urgently needed elsewhere?
Nature (27 July 2006)
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Safe and sound?
The White House is trying to reform environmental and health regulation across the board. But it is doing so very quietly. Colin Macilwain takes a look behind the scenes.
Nature (20 July 2006)
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Biopharmaceutical benchmarks 2006
The rate of biopharmaceutical approvals has leveled off, but some milestones bode well for the future.
Nature Biotechnology (July 2006)
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Neuroprosthetics: In search of the sixth sense
Implants in the brain could one day help paralysed people move robotic arms and legs. But first, scientists need to work out how our brains know where our limbs are.
Nature (13 July 2006)
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Does gender matter?
The suggestion that women are not advancing in science because of innate inability is being taken seriously by some high-profile academics.
Nature (13 July 2006)
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Bad medicine
An untested herbal product in South Africa is being touted as an effective AIDS treatment — with the full support of a local scientist.
Nature Medicine (July 2006)
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Nuclear weapons: The next nuke
US nuclear weapons scientists are designing a warhead that is meant to be 'reliable' without ever having been tested. Geoff Brumfiel asks whether it could renew the United States' ageing stockpile.
Nature (6 July 2006)
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