News: [Entry posted at 19th November 2009 07:00 PM GMT] Researchers may have finally answered the question of why many antibodies that target the HIV envelope are still unable to stop the virus from spreading -- a troublesome stumbling block in the protracted search for an effective vaccine.
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News: [Entry posted at 19th November 2009 03:00 PM GMT] A second company has requested permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a human clinical trial using embryonic stem cells.
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News: [Entry posted at 17th November 2009 03:40 PM GMT] Iceland-based genomics pioneer deCODE announced this morning (November 17) that it has filed for bankruptcy. It will sell some of its holdings, but plans to continue operating its business and ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 17th November 2009 01:00 AM GMT] European clinical trial guidelines meant to make trials safer and more efficient are actually slowing down studies that could help patients, and even dissuading researchers from launching trials at all, according to an opinion published online today ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 8th November 2009 06:00 PM GMT] Scientists have figured out how stress experienced early in life can cause long-lasting changes in physiology and behavior -- via epigenetics.
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News: [Entry posted at 5th November 2009 08:31 PM GMT] What started as a creative idea for a video contest about nanotechnology is now growing into a full-fledged science music video production team. Composed of four University of California, Berkley, students and one alumnus, ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 5th November 2009 06:00 PM GMT] Nanoparticles can damage DNA even in cells that are not directly exposed to them, according to an in vitro study published online today (November 5) in Nature Nanotechnology -- raising further questions about the safety of nanomaterials used in ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 3rd November 2009 06:54 PM GMT] California's stem cell funding agency giveth and it taketh away: Just last week, the agency awarded more than $250 million to stem cell researchers -- the largest research grant round in its five-year history -- but it also terminated three grants ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 3rd November 2009 04:07 PM GMT] Mildred Cohn, a renowned chemist who battled sexual discrimination for much of her career, died last month (October 12) at age 96, succumbing to pneumonia at a hospital in Philadelphia. Combining chemistry, biology, and physics, Cohn opened up new ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 3rd November 2009 05:01 AM GMT] The first-ever Phase III trial for a malaria vaccine has officially begun, with more than 5,000 African children already given the first round of malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S, researchers announced today (November 3) at a ... Click to continue
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