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Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley	Bedwetting Chemistry A higher concentration of sodium and urea in urine could underlie a type of bedwetting in children that does not respond to common medication.
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley	Biomolecules Out on a Wing Photonic crystals give butterflies their beautiful colors and synthetic versions are now being developed for a range of technological applications.
Scientific American January 2007	Meet Resistance Head-On With resistance to antibiotics growing at an alarming pace among pathogenic bacteria, Americans must become more aggressive with regard to early intervention in the processes that foster resistance.
Scientific American January 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs	The Neglected Tropical Diseases For the equivalent of a few days' worth of military spending, devastating illnesses of the global poor could be controlled worldwide.
Chemistry World December 12, 2006 Michael Gross	Ancient Protein Moonlights in the Eye A structural protein in the mouse eye lens is the evolutionary descendant of an ancient bacterial enzyme, researchers have found -- suggesting that moonlighting saved the protein from oblivion when its original role was taken over by a different family of enzymes.
Science News December 9, 2006 Janet Raloff	Red Heat Might Improve Green Tea Roasting green-tea leaves using infrared heat boosts the concentration of various beneficial chemicals in tea brewed from the leaves.
Chemistry World December 8, 2006	Expert Guidance on Clinical Trial Safety Clinical trial design in the UK is due for a shake up following the recommendations of an expert group commissioned in light of a disastrous trial that left six subjects fighting for their lives.
Chemistry World December 7, 2006 Simon Hadlington	Keep on the Grass US researchers have found it is possible to grow crops for fuel in a way that results in a net reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Chemistry World December 6, 2006 Jessica Ebert	Structure of Key Influenza A Protein Revealed The crystal structure of a molecule important for the replication of the influenza A virus has been solved. Now that scientists know what the protein looks like they can design drugs that block its action and prevent viral spread through the body.
Chemistry World December 4, 2006 Bea Perks	Riboswitching Off Bacterial Infection A fresh chink in the biochemical armour of bacteria has been found by scientists studying how an antibiotic, first identified in the 1950s, attacks cells.
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