NATURE NEWS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: 28 September 2010
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RESEARCH FUNDING: MAKING THE CUT
22 September 2010
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SURPRISE DIAGNOSES FOR RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS
Test scans of the abdomen and brain show high rates of abnormalities.
27 September 2010
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CHIMPS' FATE IGNITES DEBATE
Decision to relocate colony of ageing research chimpanzees becomes political.
27 September 2010
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STRATEGY TO FIGHT HIV SHAPES UP
A way to nail down the shape of a viral protein segment could spur vaccine development.
27 September 2010
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Special : FUNDING CRISIS FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH
It's a field sparking huge debate - but human embryonic stem cell
research looked set to gain momentum in the US this year, backed by
hundreds of millions in federal dollars. On 23 August, all that
changed as news broke that federal funding now hangs in the balance:
a US judge has agreed with a lawsuit contending the research is
illegal.
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Follow this fast-unfolding story on our stem cell special as Nature
reports on the implications for science.
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LATEST:
Court of Appeals hears arguments in stem cell case
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University of California enters stem cell legal fray.
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US government argues for stem cell stay
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Senators preview stem cell debate-to-come
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PLANTS SET STAGE FOR EVOLUTIONARY DRAMA
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FAILED ERUPTION SHOOK SAUDI ARABIA
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SAVING SPECIES WITH SCIENCE
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TOP DINOSAUR HUNTERS ARE WORST AT NAMING
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"GATHERING STORM" BACK ON THE RADAR
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RELATIVITY COMES DOWN TO EARTH
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DAISY FAMILY SHOWS ITS ROOTS
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NOBEL-WINNING BRAIN RESEARCHER RETRACTS TWO PAPERS
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STEM CELLS: A LEGAL ROUND TABLE
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HUMAN MALARIAL PARASITE CAME FROM GORILLAS
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BOOM AND BUST PLAGUES PAKISTAN'S UNIVERSITIES
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WHEN THE NORTH ATLANTIC CAUGHT A CHILL
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RESEARCH FUNDING: MAKING THE CUT
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SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: A PACIFIC DIVIDE
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SEVEN DAYS: 17?23 SEPTEMBER 2010
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ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: A TOWERING EXPERIMENT
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BIOPIRACY RULES SHOULD NOT BLOCK BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
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CHINA PUSHES FOR THE PROTEOME
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FRENCH BID TO SAVE ROCK ART
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FUEL AND WASTE NO BAR TO US NUCLEAR GROWTH
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CALIFORNIA'S GENETIC EDUCATION
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Court of Appeals hears arguments in stem cell case
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US Fish and Wildlife Service unveils climate change plans
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Obama green team in hiring probe
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Can science help Millennium Development Goals succeed?
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Game over for British science?
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Touch soothes pain by updating brain's body map
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New intelligent design centre launches in Britain
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Tonight's the night
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Ruth's Reviews: Everyday Practice of Science - Frederick Grinnell
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Leading gene therapy researcher retracts more papers
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Avandia pulled in Europe; restricted in the US
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Sizing up the spill
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Picture post: the story is in the soil
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Stem cell litigants say no thanks to University of California participation
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Imminent science cuts leading to UK 'brain drain'
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PODCAST
This week, a gene therapy success story, a proposed road through the
Serengeti, and a trip to the Singularity University.
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COMBINING CANCER DRUGS TO SPEED DEVELOPMENT
The next generation of cancer treatments could be approved in pairs.
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THE REAL WAR ON DRUGS
Cassandra Willyard looks at the lessons relief agencies have learned
in recent years providing care amidst increasingly complex conflicts.
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