Nature News highlights: 18 February 2016

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18 February 2016       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Fluorescence-Based Cell Biology Assays Cell Proliferation & Viability Assays - iClick™ EdU assay, AlamarBlue cell viability assay, LIVE-or-DIE™ cell viability/cytotoxicity assay, cell generation analysis, and more Cell Apoptosis Assays - TUNEL assays, caspase activity assays, annexin V binding assays, mitochondrial membrane potential assays, and more Cell Structure Probes - Cytoskeleton, nucleus, golgi complex, membrane, cytosol, mitochondria, lysosome, endoplasmic Learn more >>           NATURE CONFERENCE ON TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Presented by: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology | Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center | Sun Yat-sen University Nature Materials | Nature Reviews Materials April 7—9, 2016 | Ocean Hotel, Guangzhou, China REGISTER NOW!         • Latest News               US cancer institute to overhaul tumour cell lines ▶ 17 February 2016     Veteran cells to be retired in favour of fresh tumour samples grown in mice. Read More ▶             Evidence mounts for interbreeding bonanza in ancient human species ▶ 17 February 2016     Nature tallies the trysts among Neanderthals, humans and other relatives. Read More ▶             The week in science: 12–18 February 2016 ▶ 17 February 2016     Philae sleeps; Karolinska vice-chancellor quits over windpipe-transplant controversy; and methane leak finally plugged. Read More ▶               • More Stories               The truth about exoplanets ▶ 17 February 2016     Astronomers are beginning to glimpse what exoplanets orbiting distant suns are actually like. Read More ▶             New Delhi car ban yields trove of pollution data ▶ 17 February 2016     Scramble by researchers to monitor driving restrictions in Indian capital pays off. Read More ▶             New cause for Lyme disease complicates already murky diagnosis ▶ 16 February 2016     Scientists claim a novel bacterium can cause the tick-borne disease and may trigger more serious symptoms. Read More ▶             Put innovation science at the heart of discovery ▶ 16 February 2016     The success rate of discoveries would be improved if we could find out how to innovate, argues Andrew Kusiak. Read More ▶             What sparked the Cambrian explosion? ▶ 16 February 2016     An evolutionary burst 540 million years ago filled the seas with an astonishing diversity of animals. The trigger behind that revolution is finally coming into focus. Read More ▶             Biologists urged to hug a preprint ▶ 16 February 2016     ASAPbio meeting discusses the ins and outs of posting work online before peer review. Read More ▶             Gravitational waves: How LIGO forged the path to victory ▶ 16 February 2016     Historic discovery of ripples in space-time meant ruling out the possibility of a fake signal. Read More ▶             Young scientists poised to ride the gravitational wave ▶ 16 February 2016     Detection of ripples in space-time kicks off new era in physics. Read More ▶             Howard Hughes's next president: 'Promote under-represented groups in science' ▶ 16 February 2016     Erin O'Shea talks to Nature about her plans for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland. Read More ▶             Researchers debate whether female computer coders face bias ▶ 15 February 2016     A preliminary study suggests code-edits by female software developers are more successful — except when their gender is known. Read More ▶             Snail's pace: Nature readers on their longest wait to get published ▶ 15 February 2016     Online poll suggests 10% have had a paper held for at least 3 years. Read More ▶             Karolinska's vice-chancellor resigns over case of controversial surgeon ▶ 15 February 2016     Swedish institute reopens misconduct investigation into Paolo Macchiarini. Read More ▶                 Roles for mesenchymal stem cells as medicinal signaling cells Understanding the in vivo identity and function of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is vital to fully exploit their therapeutic potential. This poster summarizes current thinking regarding the role of MSCs in vivo and also describes how to isolate MSCs and grow them in vitro. Download the free poster online. Produced with support from: STEMCELL Technologies           Nature Immunology & Nature Reviews Immunology: Poster on Innate lymphoid cells This poster provides a visual summary of our current understanding of the development, classification, plasticity and functional diversity of innate lymphoid cells.  Available to download free online. 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