Cell signaling news
Here we present recent news items specially selected from Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology.
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Primate work faces German veto
German scientists have condemned a parliamentary decision to stop primate experiments at the University of Bremen, calling it unacceptable political interference with the freedom to conduct research.
Nature (26 April 2007)
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Elusive flowering signal pruned of mystery at last
Last week, two papers reported the discovery of florigen — a long-sought compound with the power to make flowers bloom — at the same time as an older paper is retracted amid charges of data manipulation.
Nature (26 April 2007)
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Brain's speech site is revisited and revised
Analysis of two damaged brains, preserved in a museum since the nineteenth century, could force neuroscientists to rethink the area where language resides in the brain.
Nature (26 April 2007)
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Online resources threaten livelihood of libraries
The closure of regional libraries restricts the public's access to documents from US agencies.
Nature (26 April 2007)
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Rival genetics projects build bridges
Projects that explore the world's biodiversity might seem like natural allies, but last week a workshop was held in North Carolina expressly to mend fences between two such initiatives.
Nature (26 April 2007)
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Court case to reclaim confidential data
A public-health expert faces a potential jail term after distributing confidential documents that contain safety data on Zyprexa, a treatment for schizophrenia.
Nature (19 April 2007)
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Make way for monkeys
The newly completed analysis of the rhesus macaque's genome will aid study of issues ranging from human evolution to disease and medicine.
Nature (19 April 2007)
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Chimps lead evolutionary race
Since our evolutionary paths diverged 6 million years ago, greater numbers of chimpanzee genes than human genes have been shaped by 'positive selection', in which natural selection favors beneficial mutations.
Nature (19 April 2007)
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Stem-cell issue moves up the US agenda
US senators have voted to lift restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research, despite the threat of a presidential veto.
Nature (19 April 2007)
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Venezuelan free-speech row goes nuclear
Freedom-of-speech groups have expressed concern at the treatment of a prominent Venezuelan physicist who has been fired after poking fun at the government.
Nature (11 April 2007)
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Pharma consolidates its grip on post-antibody landscape
The next wave of protein therapeutics, based on non-traditional scaffolds, may offer advantages in the range of conditions they can treat.
Nature Biotechnology 25, 365-366 (2007)
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Genentech faces the consequences of growth
What do you do with a biotech company that's too large to be a biotech company and lacks the core competencies to be a pharma?
Nature Biotechnology 25, 371 (2007)
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Changes to US drug safety laws take center stage
US lawmakers are proposing bills that would give the Food and Drug Administration more power to enforce drug safety.
Nature Medicine 13, 389 (2007)
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Critics slam Russian trial to test pig pancreas for diabetics
An Australian company's trial to test pig pancreatic cells in people as a treatment for diabetes in Russia is drawing strong criticism from leading researchers and ethicists.
Nature Medicine 13, 390-391 (2007)
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Pricey cancer genome project struggles with sample shortage
The Cancer Genome Atlas will examine scores of tumors for mutations that promote cancer, but only have a fraction of the tumor samples they need.
Nature Medicine 13, 391 (2007)
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Proteins make light work of nerve control
Genetically engineered proteins allow investigators to stimulate or inhibit very precise groups of nerves at the flick of a light switch.
Nature (5 April 2007)
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China plans to modernize traditional medicine
The Chinese government has announced a plan to develop traditional medicine for export by increasing clinical research and testing.
Nature (5 April 2007)
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News in brief
| Contaminated-blood inquiry begins in Britain
| Germany relaxes rules on postdoc contracts
| Canada launches open-access medical journal
| Questions raised over 'cloned wolf' paper
| US visa proves elusive for Iraqi researcher
| Venter reorganization closes genomics institute
| Federal agency rescinds primate stem-cell patents
| UK report calls for change to stem-cell rules
| Indonesia lifts blockade on access to bird flu samples
| Iranians are dropped from American Chemical Society
| PS: when not playing games please do some science
| Russian academy resists state move to gain control
News Features
Immunology: Pimp my antibody
Antibody therapies have had more than their fair share of crashes, but designers are at work on faster, fancier new models.
Nature (26 April 2007)
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US higher education: The Arizona experiment
A shift in population, money and political influence to America's 'sunbelt states' is helping to reshape its research universities.
Nature (26 April 2007)
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US higher education: Medicinal properties
Local political leaders from Florida to California are noting that there are too few doctors to serve their state's growing population, and are arranging to build new medical schools.
Nature (26 April 2007)
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