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18 May 2017       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               IMMUNE PROFILING IN HEALTH AND DISEASE September 17-19, 2017 | Seattle, WA, USA Presented by: Adaptive Biotechnologies | Nature Immunology | Nature Medicine | Nature Biotechnology REGISTER NOW!               • Latest News               Trees in eastern US head west as climate changes ▶ 17 May 2017     Breaking from the general poleward movement of many species, flowering trees take an unexpected turn. Read More ▶             Lab-grown blood stem cells produced at last ▶ 17 May 2017     Two research teams cook up recipe to make long-sought cells in mice and people. Read More ▶             The wooden skyscrapers that could help to cool the planet ▶ 17 May 2017     Large timber buildings are getting safer, stronger and taller. They may also offer a way to slow down global warming. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               Ebola outbreak in the Congo, tuberculosis drug resistance in Russia and GM mustard seeds in India ▶ 17 May 2017     The week in science: 12–18 May 2017. Read More ▶             How Trump’s science cuts could hurt states that voted for him ▶ 17 May 2017     Rural and struggling areas have benefited from funding that is now at risk. Read More ▶             Ancient-genome study finds Bronze Age ‘Beaker culture’ invaded Britain ▶ 17 May 2017     Famous bell-shaped pots associated with group of immigrants who may have displaced Neolithic farmers. Read More ▶             Trump officials act to tilt federal science boards toward industry ▶ 16 May 2017     Critics say that changes to advisory groups at the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Interior could restrict or paralyze them. Read More ▶             Geneticists enlist engineered virus and CRISPR to battle citrus disease ▶ 16 May 2017     Desperate farmers hope scientists can beat pathogen that is wrecking the US orange harvest. Read More ▶             Rescue old data before it’s too late ▶ 16 May 2017     If we don’t act soon to preserve past records, invaluable knowledge will be lost, warns Elizabeth Griffin. Read More ▶             Beads made from meteorite reveal prehistoric culture's reach ▶ 15 May 2017     Objects unearthed at Native American burial site are remnants of an ancient space rock. Read More ▶             Ebola vaccine could get first real-world test in emerging outbreak ▶ 12 May 2017     The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported nine suspected cases of infection in recent weeks. Read More ▶             Revamped 'anti-science' education bills in United States find success ▶ 12 May 2017     Legislation urges educators to ‘teach the controversy’ and allows citizens to challenge curricula. Read More ▶             Arctic nations strike down research roadblocks ▶ 12 May 2017     Binding pact aims to ease access to field sites and shipment of samples across national borders. Read More ▶             China cracks down on fake data in drug trials ▶ 11 May 2017     Researchers and manufacturers face possible jail time — or execution — for fraudulent submissions to nation's drug agency. Read More ▶             Cells that trim brain connections are linked to autism ▶ 11 May 2017     A difference in brain biology between the sexes might render males most vulnerable to autism. 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