Cell signaling news
Here we present recent news items specially selected from Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology.
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PR's 'pit bull' takes on open access
Eric Dezenhall, who has made a name for himself helping companies and celebrities protect their reputations, has been hired by journal publishers to take on the free-information movement.
Nature (25 January 2007)
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Rebels hold their own in journal price war
Over the past eight years, around a dozen cheap or open-access journals have been created to compete directly with expensive commercial journals.
Nature (25 January 2007)
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Concern as revived 1918 flu virus kills monkeys
The reconstructed 1918 influenza virus has proved fatal to macaques infected in a laboratory.
Nature (18 January 2007)
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Misconduct? It's all academic...
The legal quagmire, strain and bad press of misconduct investigations leave many universities tempted to ignore misconduct allegations, but getting it right can reduce the pain and boost an institution's reputation.
Nature (18 January 2007)
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Breeding cheats
Understanding the social and psychological factors behind scientific misconduct will enable bad practice to be minimized, but never eliminated.
Nature (18 January 2007)
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Biomarkers trump behavior in mental illness diagnosis
Genes or proteins can better distinguish diseases with the same symptoms.
Nature Medicine (January 2007)
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Australia embraces cloning research
Welcomed by scientists, Australia's House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill legalizing the creation of human embryos by somatic cell nuclear transfer and the harvesting of embryonic stem cells for research purposes.
Nature Medicine (January 2007)
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Companies balk at California's patent rules for stem cell research
Industry representatives warn that the new California's stem cell patent rules - among them a guarantee for public return on state-funded stem cell research - might put off companies.
Nature Medicine (January 2007)
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Genentech makes its first-ever acquisition
Acquiring Tanox and its asthma franchise gives Genentech an inroad into a new therapeutic area.
Nature Biotechnology (January 2007)
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FDA's cloning report bypasses ethics, exposes European dilemma
The US Food and Drug Administration has apparently completed a study into the risks of products from cloned animals, supporting their safety. Europe now faces a difficult question: should it start writing ethics into its food laws?
Nature Biotechnology (January 2007)
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Power shift stymies US science budget
The budget impasse caused by the Republicans losing the majority in Congress has erased the gains expected by research agencies, thwarting almost anyone looking for government money.
Nature (11 January 2007)
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Congress and Bush set to clash on stem cells again
A US congress bill allowing research funding for stem-cell lines derived from fertility clinics' surplus embryos is expected to be vetoed by the president again.
Nature (11 January 2007)
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Indian science is in decline, says prime minister
For several years, criticisms have been aired at India's scientific meetings and in its journals. Now the country's top politician has spoken out about the talent crisis and poor standards affecting Indian science.
Nature (11 January 2007)
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Immigration policy forces researchers out of West Bank
According to Palestinian academics, people with foreign passports find that their access to the West Bank and Gaza Strip is either denied or restricted by Israeli border controls, posing a serious problem for universities.
Nature (11 January 2007)
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Europe condemns Libyan trial verdict
Bulgaria's accession to the European Union on 1 January will allow it to apply ever-greater international pressure in the political row over the fate of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor condemned to death in Libya last month.
Nature (4 January 2007)
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European funding targets big biology
Metagenomics and the human variome project can expect substantial boosts in the European Union's next round of science funding, starting this month.
Nature (4 January 2007)
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Open-access journal will publish first, judge later
A radical project from the Public Library of Science (PLoS) is setting out to challenge academia's obsession with journal status and impact factors.
Nature (4 January 2007)
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News in brief
Drop in fatalities fuels optimism over cancer
| Think-tank highlights rapid rise of science in Asia
| Gates grant to coordinate nations' public health
| Korean stem-cell fraud claims another victim
| Biotech drugs cost $1.2 billion
| Merck establishes a foothold in RNAi
| Germans object to stem cell patent
| Biologist plans hunger strike over tenure snub
| Venezuela legislates to boost research spending
| Capitol Hill anthrax attack 'hit wide area'
| Japanese universities fire researchers for misconduct
| Project BioShield loses supplier for vaccine
| Creationists back down over schoolbook stickers
| Subsidy cuts secure rise for Japan's research budget
News Features
Crunch time for multiple-gene tests
Sophisticated new genetic tests face an uncertain future — unless they can win clear-cut approval from regulators, insurers and, most importantly, doctors.
Nature (25 January 2007)
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Science in Africa: All eyes on Addis
Next week's summit on science and technology in Africa presents an opportunity to launch projects that will draw donations from abroad.
Nature (25 January 2007)
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Neuroscience: It's all in the timing
Taking hormones to replace those lost during menopause helps many women with their symptoms, yet it may also cause cognitive decline.
Nature (25 January 2007)
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Biological robotics: Working out the bugs
Researchers aim to tease apart the complex of brain circuits that coordinates purposeful movements and to identify broad principles about how the brain directs these behaviors.
Nature (18 January 2007)
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The policy outlook from the Hill
Price controls and a greater role for the US FDA may foreshadow difficult times for the biotech industry in the coming year.
Nature Biotechnology (January 2007)
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HDAC inhibitors overcome first hurdle
Despite US marketing approval for the first histone deacetylase inhibitor, these prolific agents still have a lot to prove.
Nature Biotechnology (January 2007)
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AIDS: On the Brink
Containing a potential HIV explosion in the strife-torn Niger delta is a tough job — but circumstances are forcing the oil and gas industries to confront it.
Nature (11 January 2007)
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When the party's over
A drug-trial failure leaves Pfizer in search of a new corporate strategy to deal with the post-blockbuster age.
Nature (4 January 2007)
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