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A Window on Breast Cancer
Researchers have developed a technique to track individual breast cancer cells as they metastasize and invade other regions of the body.
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Souped-Up T Cells
Researchers have engineered killer T cells that are better able to limit the spread of HIV in cell culture.
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Making an Impact on Reproduction
The November 2008 issue of Nature Medicine reveals the papers that the reproduction community has chosen as the most important of the past three years.
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Fighting Neuroblastoma
A strategy to treat neuroblastoma using the patient's immune cells is published online.
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Neuronal Contribution to Risk of Multiple Sclerosis
The first risk variant for multiple sclerosis in a gene expressed specifically in neurons has been identified.
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Risk Variants for Intracranial Aneurysm
Scientists have identified two new genetic risk factors for intracranial aneurysm.
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Duplicitous Role for Classic Cancer Molecule
A molecule previously thought to promote cancer may in some circumstances play a part in slowing it down.
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Monkey Vaccine Fights Off AIDS
A study in monkeys demonstrates that T cells can be commandeered to provide protection against an HIV-like virus.
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Engineered DNA 'Scissors' Show Promise
A molecular 'pair of scissors' that snips out specific chunks of DNA has yielded promising results both in vitro and in cells.
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Cancer Genome Sequenced
An individual cancer genome has been sequenced for the first time, identifying mutated genes that probably have a role in the development of acute myeloid leukaemia.
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The Promise of Personal Genomics
The power of next-generation genome sequencing technology is demonstrated in two collaborations published.
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Widespread Alternative Splicing
Over 90% of human genes undergo alternative splicing, a form of messenger RNA processing that yields multiple proteins from a single gene.
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