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Chemistry World November 19, 2009 Hayley Birch	How HIV gives antibodies the slip New research helps explain why antibodies designed to disarm HIV don't work unless they hit their target spot on.
Chemistry World November 18, 2009 Sarah Houlton	A pharmaceutical named desire A new drug being developed by Boehringer Ingelheim could give a boost to the sex drive of women with low libido.
Chemistry World November 15, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Bacteria turn carbon dioxide into fuel US researchers have genetically modified bacteria to eat carbon dioxide and produce isobutyraldehyde - a precursor to several useful chemicals, including isobutanol, which has great potential as a fuel alternative to petrol.
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Jeffrey T. Borenstein	Flexible Microsystems Deliver Drugs Through the Ear A microelectromechanical systems-based microfluidic implant could open up many difficult-to-treat diseases to drug therapy
Chemistry World November 12, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Carbonic acid captured Scientists from Germany and Israel have caught a fleeting glimpse of carbonic acid, the simple yet elusive molecule that plays a key role in nature.
Chemistry World November 12, 2009 Hayley Birch	New drug design looks top Notch against cancer A new type of drug that can block the switching on of certain genes in cancer cells has shown promise in mice.
Popular Mechanics November 12, 2009 Bijal P. Trivedi	5 Animal Genomes That May Hold Cures to Human Diseases Having the genomic information will guide pharmaceutical assessments and new experimental gene therapies, many of which are being done in animals.
Chemistry World November 10, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Biodegradable electronics dissolve after use Christopher Bettinger and Zhenan Bao from Stanford University in California, US, set out to fabricate a biodegradable and biocompatible transistor.
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Nina Notman	Monitoring asthma with mobile phones In the future, asthmatic children may be able to monitor their condition using breath analysing sensors built into their mobile phones.
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Boron-based compounds inhibit key HIV enzyme Researchers in the Czech Republic have shown that an unusual class of boron-containing compound can inhibit HIV protease, a key enzyme involved in replicating the virus that causes Aids.
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Enzyme binds both sides of the mirror European chemists have discovered that both mirror-image forms of a particular compound can bind at the same time in the same site of an enzyme, a phenomenon that has never been seen before.
Chemistry World November 4, 2009 Phil Taylor	New treatment hope for lupus patients GlaxoSmithKline and Human Genome Sciences' Benlysta (belimumab), works by blocking the production of autoantibodies by plasma B-cells, the immune system's primary antibody-producing cells.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2009 Karen Hopkin	Leapin' Lizards Researchers investigate how some lizards can reproduce by parthenogenesis, a process in which eggs develop without the aid of sperm.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2009 Sarah Goforth	Piecing Together Rotavirus's Unique Approach An extra protective layer primes this virus to do its harm, mainly in children in the developing world.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2009 Jim Schnabel	Seeing Spots Old-fashioned techniques allowed these researchers to make a surprising genetic discovery.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2009 Laura Spinney	Dangerous Agent A model bacterium is showing scientists how pathogens go from harmless to deadly.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2009 Sarah C.P. Williams	Removing Radiation Roadblock Researchers have found the protein that makes some tumors unresponsive to radiation.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2009 Michele Solis	Starving for GABA A small chemical in the brain is the difference between eating and wasting away.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2009 Sarah C.P. Williams	Blue Baby Blues A congenital heart defect is explained by new genetic clues.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2009 Sarah Goforth	Freeze Frame Cryo-EM is a way to view protein structures at atomic resolution as they do their thing in the biological world.
HHMI Bulletin November 2009 Kendall Powell	The Most Vulnerable Patients The research of several HHMI investigators is aimed at these most vulnerable patients -- developing fetuses and babies that are born too early.
HHMI Bulletin November 2009 Robert Tjian	Season of Change An update on the research scientists and medical explorations at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from the director.
HHMI Bulletin November 2009 Patricia Thomas	Taming Fear, Rising Calm Kerry Ressler, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist tries to ease the consequences of inner city trauma.
HHMI Bulletin November 2009 Sarah C. P. Williams	Membrane Awakening Researchers are taking a holistic look at the cell membrane and the proteins embedded in them.
HHMI Bulletin November 2009	Who Done It? It may soon be possible to determine and arrest the driver of each patient's cancer with targeted drugs.
Popular Mechanics November 2009	Zoo Veterinarian: This Is My Job Pete Black works for the St. Louis Zoo, where his primary responsibility is to perform routine exams and surgeries and provide preventative care to the zoo's 5000 animals.
Chemistry World November 2, 2009 Simon Hadlington	New way to find drugs' unintended targets Researchers in the US have devised a new way to predict 'off-target' effects for pharmaceutical drugs.
Chemistry World November 1, 2009 Hayley Birch	How light gave life a helping hand A new theory for how 'handedness' in organic molecules evolved has been proposed by Dutch scientists.
Chemistry World November 2009 Derek Lowe	Column: In the pipeline The author advises opening your mind during the screening cascade taken by potential drug targets, and remaining goal orientated at all times
Chemistry World November 2009	Column: The crucible Could red light and green tea really give 'facial rejuvenation'?
Chemistry World November 2009 Paul Docherty	Column: Totally Synthetic The hunt for anticancer therapies is inextricably linked with natural products (such as taxol), and more specifically with macrolides.
Chemistry World October 28, 2009 Ned Stafford	Profile: Life in the cage Had Jens Reich's family lived just a few dozen kilometres west after the second world war, in free West Germany instead of the communist east, he might not have become a scientist.
Chemistry World October 25, 2009 Hayley Birch	New evidence for toxic effects of inhaled nanotubes Further evidence for the asbestos-like effects of carbon nanotubes has emerged from a new study in mice.
Chemistry World October 20, 2009 James Urquhart	Gold nanoparticles give super sensitive cancer test The recurrence of prostate cancer could soon be spotted years earlier thanks to a new highly sensitive test developed by US and Austrian researchers.
Chemistry World October 19, 2009 Simon Hadlington	DNA stretching mystery solved A detailed understanding of the elastic properties of DNA can give scientists key insights into interactions of DNA and the proteins that carry out these manipulations.
Chemistry World October 15, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Optical conveyor belt gathers up molecules Researchers in Germany have developed a novel way to 'round up' biological molecules that are freely suspended in solution and trap them in a confined space using nothing more than light.
Fast Company November 2009 David H. Freedman	The Gene Bubble: Why We Still Aren't Disease-Free When the human genome was first sequenced nearly a decade ago, the world lit up with talk about how new gene-specific drugs would help us cheat death. Well, the verdict is in: Keep eating those greens.
Chemistry World October 14, 2009 Phil Taylor	Tracing amyloid in Alzheimer's A diagnostic compound that allows researchers to look into the brains of Alzheimer's patients will be used for the first time to gauge the effects of an experimental therapy for the disease.
Chemistry World October 7, 2009 Sarah Houlton	Chemistry of life wins Nobel This year's chemistry Nobel prize has been awarded to scientists working on the chemistry of life - the translation of DNA information into proteins by the ribosome.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2009 Sarah C.P. Williams	In Memoriam: Alexander G. Bearn Former HHMI Trustee, Alexander G. Bearn, a distinguished physician, scientist, and author, died May 15, 2009. He was 86.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Steve Olson	Wrestling with Darwin Jonathan Pritchard has been an arbiter in one of the most contentious debates in biology: How much has natural selection influenced human traits?
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Robert Tjian	Through Evolution's Prism Our cells rely on complex molecular machinery to decode genetic information. Hundreds of molecular players are involved in mobilizing DNA and producing messenger RNA. And that's only the beginning.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Brian Vastag	A Curious Catastrophe in the Parrot World A science team enters the mysterious domain of parrot breeding to decipher the virus that's killing exotic birds.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Sarah C.P. Williams	Proceed with Caution For each man with prostate cancer, which treatment gets the green light?
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Brian Vastag	Center Stage: The Immune System The field of immunology is stuck in the lab and needs a major overhaul to become more relevant to human health, says Mark Davis, an investigator and immunologist at Stanford University.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Richard Saltus	Study Aphids, See the World As a graduate student, David Stern traveled to far-flung lands to study the evolutionary history of a sterile caste of plant-sucking aphids.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Rabiya Tuma	Serious Softball Immunologist Richard Locksley coaches little league in his spare time and wins awards for it.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Mitch Leslie	Folding Phenoms Some computer gamers are proving to be valuable partners for protein biologists.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Sarah C.P. Williams	Janelia Farm to Expand Campus Housing HHMI has announced plans to develop additional housing at the Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Sarah C.P. Williams	The Power of One Altering a single neuron causes a surprisingly sweeping change in the rat brain.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Sarah C.P. Williams	No More Worming Around Disrupting a worm's life cycle could be the key to ending parasitic infection.
HHMI Bulletin August 2009 Sarah C.P. Williams	Finding the Off-Switch Blocking a common genetic variation in Huntington's patients might diminish the disease's effects.
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