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Sleep Provides A Window Into Memory
Patterns of brain activity while awake can shape the formation of their neuron connections during sleep.
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A Stem Cell-Based Therapy To Treat Muscular Dystrophy
A new way to manipulate embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in mice offers hope for an eventual cell-based therapy to treat muscular dystrophies, suggests a paper online.
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To Mend A Failing Heart
A method to create an artificial heart using the remains of an actual full-sized adult heart that has been stripped of all its cells, but then replanted with neonatal heart cells, may hold promise for its eventual use in transplant surgery.
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Seeing How Viruses Encounter Immune Cells
Study uncovers a surprising answer that may help to create effective anti-viral vaccines.
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Genetic Variants Associated With Susceptibility To Lupus
Newly discovered genetic variants in at least six different regions of the genome are associated with increased risk of developing lupus.
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Genetics Of Height And Bone Disease
Variants on a genetic locus related to osteoarthritis also affect the height of an individual, according to research.
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Seven Novel Loci For Plasma Lipid Levels
Three new genome-wide association studies report seven novel genes or loci associated with lipid levels.
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Receptor Signalling In Pairs
Scientists have discovered new information about the way that small molecules cause cell signalling.
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Transmitting HIV Through T Cell Nanotubes
Membrane nanotubes formed by contact between immune T-cells significantly increase transmission efficiency of HIV between infected and uninfected cells.
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RNA And Tumour Suppression
Researchers identify a candidate tumour suppressor gene for the deletions on chromosome 5q that are associated with certain blood-cell-production diseases.
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Identifying Skin Cancer Starter Cells
Cells that initiate human skin cancer are identified.
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Tethering HIV
An antiviral molecule called a 'tetherin' that acts to inhibit HIV-1 particle release from cells is identified.
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Suppressing A Leukaemia Suppressor
The expression of genes that help to limit the growth of normal cells can sometimes be turned down in cancer, causing cells to divide uncontrollably - hence their branding as 'tumour suppressor' genes.
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MicroRNAs That Reduce Metastasis
Restoring the expression of certain microRNAs (miRNAs) that are lost as breast cancer starts to metastasize suppresses the spread of the cancer
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