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Here we present recent news items specially selected from Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology.
January 2008
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How the world invests in R&D
The latest analysis from the US National Science Board shows that most countries are investing more in R&D than previously.
Nature News (24 January 2008)
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International genome project launched
A much-anticipated international project to sequence the entire genomes of 1,000 people was launched on Tuesday, but some question whether the three-year project is ambitious enough in its scope.
Nature News (24 January 2008)
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Q&A: Larry Brilliant
He's a physician who has had a major role in the eradication of smallpox and in tackling blindness. Now Larry Brilliant is heading up Google.org, the dotcom giant's philanthropic arm, which plans to tackle emerging diseases, climate change and poverty.
Nature News (24 January 2008)
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A very mysterious foundation
Some 3,000 scientists, including more than 100 Nobel laureates, have apparently accepted membership of a body called the World Innovation Foundation (WIF); however the organization is surrounded in secrecy.
Nature News (24 January 2008)
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Creationists launch 'science' journal
The organization that last year opened a US$27-million creation museum in Kentucky has started its own 'peer-reviewed' scientific research journal.
Nature News (24 January 2008)
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Cellular memory hints at the origins of intelligence
Learning and memory — abilities associated with a brain or, at the very least, neuronal activity — have been observed in protoplasmic slime, a unicellular organism with multiple nuclei.
Nature News (24 January 2008)
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Stem cells: a national project
Shinya Yamanaka's pioneering work that produced 'induced pluripotent stem cells' (iPS cells) from adult cells has prompted the Japanese government to create a new iPS research center at Kyoto University with Yamanaka as its head.
Nature News (17 January 2008)
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Novartis Foundation to close its doors
London's Novartis Foundation will close at the end of February after nearly 60 years of hosting acclaimed scientific symposia and providing intellectual succor and hospitality to biomedical scientists from around the world.
Nature News (17 January 2008)
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Genomics sizes up
The first large-scale whole-genome sequencing project has now begun in China with a goal to sequence the entire genomes of 100 Chinese individuals over 3 years.
Nature News (17 January 2008)
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India aims for 'quantum jump' in science
India's prime minister Manmohan Singh has announced unprecedented funding for science education and research; the new schemes are aimed to attract students and replenish government agencies' shrinking pool of scientific personnel.
Nature News (10 January 2008)
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China bows to public over chemical plant
In a decision hailed as a milestone for China's environmental and democratic movements, Beijing is to relocate a controversial billion-dollar chemical plant away from the picturesque seaport of Xiamen in southeast China.
Nature News (10 January 2008)
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Amidst challenges, UK research hub moves closer to relocation
London's planned UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation, which will house a consortia composed of four independent research institutes, faces questions about how the partners will collaborate and which research areas will take priority in the new space.
Nature Medicine 14, 4 (2008)
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Survey hints at uneven adoption of cancer vaccine
An epidemiological study finds lower-than-expected rates of vaccination against the human papilloma virus (HPV); the high cost of the vaccine and political controversy surrounding its use in young women may account for the low vaccination rates.
Nature Medicine 14, 4 (2008)
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Merck's HIV vaccine flop brings vectors under closer scrutiny
The recent failure in phase 2 of Merck's adenovirus 5 (Ad5) vector-based HIV vaccine raises doubts about the future use of Ad5 vectors in vaccine research and development.
Nature Biotechnology 26, 3-4 (2008)
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Government report critical of FDA blasted as misleading
The biotech industry has rebuffed a US government report that harshly criticized the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lax oversight of clinical trials, calling the report "misleading" and deeply flawed.
Nature Biotechnology 26, 7 (2008)
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Budget blow to US science
In a blow to basic science research, the US Congress passes "probably the worst budget for science that anyone can remember" with only a 0.5% increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Nature News (3 January 2008)
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Iowa and after
Nature takes a look at the US presidential candidates' stances on science-related issues, from space exploration to stem cells.
Nature News (3 January 2008)
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Free journal-ranking tool enters citation market
A new Internet database lets users generate on-the-fly citation statistics of published research papers for free.
Nature News (3 January 2008)
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News in brief
| NIH in the dark over conflicts of interest
| Early-stage human embryos cloned from adult cells
| European registry makes stem-cell use transparent
| Florida funds expansion of Oregon university
| China amends patent-rights law to boost innovation
| India's biotech budget
| New Jersey stem cell plan thrown out
| Disgraced cloner seeks licence in comeback bid
| Physicist takes the helm of Italy's research council
| Sociologist to head Turkey's university board
News Features
Virology: The battle within
Viral and microbial interactions within living tissues are more complex than previously thought. Melinda Wenner explores whether a periodic table of the infectious could help sort out the mess.
Nature News (24 January 2008)
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Chemistry: Power play
A German physicist and a hedge-fund magnate use massively parallel supercomputers to examine how individual atoms behave in proteins and other large molecules in a competition to develop the fastest algorithm for simulating protein folding and molecular dynamics.
Nature News (17 January 2008)
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Cell biology: Bacteria's new bones
Long dismissed as featureless, disorganized sacks, researchers have now found that bacteria have sophisticated internal structures that give them shape, and help them grow and divide.
Nature News (10 January 2008)
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Biotech as Bush bows out
The looming US presidential elections have biotech researchers contemplating the changes that a new administration might make to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and patent system.
Nature Biotechnology 26, 15-18 (2008)
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Capacity building: The road from Rio
Research institutes in developing nations have arisen in an effort to solve those countries' environment and development problems.
Nature News (3 January 2008)
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