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  1. Health & Medicine

    Calming Factor: DNA vaccine for MS passes initial test

    A DNA vaccine against multiple sclerosis passes a safety trial and shows signs of suppressing immune-directed nerve damage.

    By Nathan Seppa

  2. Weighting for Friends: Obesity spreads in social networks

    Obesity spreads as a social contagion through networks of friends and relatives, apparently because associating with overweight people encourages a laxer attitude toward weight gain.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Humans

    Universities seek armchair astronomers

    Scientists are recruiting online help from the public to classify the shapes of 1 million galaxies in never-before-viewed photographs.

    By Janet Raloff
  4. Health & Medicine

    Risk Factor: Throat cancer linked to virus spread by sex

    Cancer of the throat and tonsils can arise from infection with a sexually transmitted virus.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Animals

    Spider blood fluoresces

    Among spiders, fluorescence under ultraviolet light seems to be a widespread trait.

    By Susan Milius
  6. Health & Medicine

    New agent to spy clogged arteries

    To improve the detection of harmful arterial plaques, researchers have modeled a nanoparticle on a natural material: good cholesterol.

    By Janet Raloff
  7. Animals

    Too Few Jaws: Shark declines let rays overgraze scallops

    A shortage of big sharks on the U.S. East Coast is letting their prey flourish, and that prey is going hog wild, demolishing bay scallop populations.

    By Susan Milius
  8. Health & Medicine

    Asthma Zap: Heated scope reduces attacks

    A new tool cools asthma by heating lung tissue to kill overgrown smooth muscle in airways, a hallmark of the disease.

    By Brian Vastag

  9. Natural-Born Addicts: Brain differences may herald drug addiction

    Differences in the behavior and the brain receptors of rats seem to predict which of the rodents will become cocaine addicted.

    By Christen Brownlee
  10. Health & Medicine

    Virus Stopper: Herpes drug dampens HIV infection

    An antiviral drug commonly taken for genital herpes seems to suppress HIV in people harboring both pathogens.

    By Nathan Seppa
  11. Health & Medicine

    Clear the Way: Stenting opens jammed arteries in the brain

    Using a tiny mesh cylinder called a stent, doctors can prop open narrowed arteries in the brain much as they do in the heart.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Humans

    More of the Same: 2008’s science budget mirrors 2007’s

    President Bush's proposed science budget for fiscal year 2008 closely reflects last year's recommended budget.

    By Christen Brownlee