Cell signaling news
Here we present recent news items specially selected from Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology.
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Cancer patients opt for unapproved drug
Cancer patients are buying the promising anti-cancer drug dichloroacetate from chemical supply companies rather than waiting for the FDA to approve it.
Nature (29 March 2007)
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Database targets Parsi genes
A database is planned that will hold genetic, medical, and geneological data from the Parsi community in India.
Nature (29 March 2007)
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Chinese network to start trials of spinal surgery
Starting in 2008, a team of surgeons in China will transplant umbilical-cord stem cells to around 400 patients suffering from spinal cord injuries.
Nature (29 March 2007)
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Agencies join forces to share data
The US government is considering a massive plan to store almost all scientific data generated by federal agencies in publicly accessible digital repositories.
Nature (22 March 2007)
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Tamiflu side effects come under scrutiny
Japanese pediatricians are studying whether Tamiflu, the drug widely thought to be our best defense against avian flu, might be causing mental instability and suicidal tendencies.
Nature (22 March 2007)
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Experts call for active surveillance of drug safety
Data mining of existing health-record databases as an active surveillance system could pick up early warnings of a drug's adverse side effects.
Nature (22 March 2007)
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Seed money to bring in pioneers
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has begun awarding grants to lure stem cell researchers to the state.
Nature (15 March 2007)
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Microbes reveal extent of biodiversity
Craig Venter's Global Ocean Sampling expedition defined 1,700 new protein families in a sampling of microbes from 41 ocean locations.
Nature (15 March 2007)
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Passive-smoking study faces review
University of California officials debate whether or not to allow research grants from tobacco companies after hearing complaints of bias about a 2003 report that downplayed the dangers of secondhand smoke.
Nature (15 March 2007)
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Incretin mimetics vie for slice of type 2 diabetes market
Pfizer has acquired BioRexis, a biotech company with a strong product pipeline in type 2 diabetes, including long-acting agonists of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor.
Nature Biotechnology (March 2007)
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Supreme Court boosts licensees in biotech patent battles
A US Supreme Court ruling says licensees do not have to first breach their contracts in order to claim patent infringement.
Nature Biotechnology (March 2007)
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Public sector seeks to bridge 'valley of death'
Support for translational research appears to be on the upswing in the US, Europe and Australia.
Nature Biotechnology (March 2007)
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US aims to tighten rules on direct-to-consumer drug ads
Voluntary guidelines offered by pharma lobbying groups may not be enough to forestall legislation.
Nature Biotechnology (March 2007)
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Negotiating the RNAi patent thicket
Patent disputes haven't materialized in the RNAi field yet, but once products near the market, it might be a different story.
Nature Biotechnology (March 2007)
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Trials race rashly ahead for regulatory immune cells
Depletion of regulatory T cells rapidly causes massive inflammation and death, suggesting that regulatory immune cells could be an effective treatment for people with autoimmune diseases.
Nature Medicine (March 2007)
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Biomedical research faces flat budget for 2008
The NIH faces a $500 million cut even before accounting for inflation in the Bush administration's 2008 budget proposal.
Nature Medicine (March 2007)
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Canceled conference puts conflicts of interest under scrutiny
The NIH canceled a conference expected to recommend mandatory screening of expectant mothers for herpes after complaints that it was being dominated by speakers from the industry.
Nature Medicine (March 2007)
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Q&A: Ronald Plasterk
Ronald Plasterk, a well-respected Dutch molecular geneticist, answers questions about his recent appointment as the Netherlands' research minister.
Nature (1 March 2007)
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Meet the human metabolome
Metabolomics — the study of all the body's metabolites — holds promise for the early detection of disease.
Nature (1 March 2007)
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Data sharing: the next generation
IBM labs' social software 'Many Eyes' allows users to visualize their data and generate network diagrams with tools previously available only to experts.
Nature (1 March 2007)
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News in brief
| FDA proposes tighter rules on conflicts of interest
| Flu study faces shake-up over industry funding
| UK league table revisits problems caused by drugs
| Budget gives Canadian science a cash injection
Microsoft provides cash for synthetic biology
| Blakemore steps down from Medical Research Council
| Sacked professor launches legal action to regain job
| Nobel medal stolen from cabinet finds its way home
| The diaries of Darwin's wife debut online
California hands out grants for stem-cell research
| Britain cuts funding for research councils
| South Africa doubles its science budget
News Features
Stem cells: The hard copy
The difficulty in replicating the results from some seminal stem cell research papers has lead to confusion and slowed progression of the field.
Nature (29 March 2007)
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Four years in Iraq: Lives in limbo
Many Iraqi academics have escaped death threats only to find that their qualifications are obsolete and immigration authorities are unsympathetic.
Nature (22 March 2007)
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Four years in Iraq: The war against wounds
Advances in medical care such as novel blood clotting agents have led to a marked decline in the percentage of injured soldiers who die.
Nature (22 March 2007)
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Linnaeus at 300: We are family
DNA sequencing has revolutionized linnaean science, determining the architecture of gene (and organism) families with the help of large quantities of genetic data.
Nature (15 March 2007)
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Science of hair: The roots of accomplishment
Angela Christiano's research into the genetic basis of hair disorders was prompted by her own personal struggle with alopecia areata.
Nature (1 March 2007)
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