Humans
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Arteries may be vulnerable to HIV attack
HIV may directly interact with cells in arteries, predisposing people to heart attacks.
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Immunity’s Eyes
Proteins called toll-like receptors allow human immune cells to detect microbes.
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Milk seems to guard against breast cancer
Norwegian scientists have linked high milk consumption to low incidence of breast cancer.
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Hindering glutamate slows rat brain cancer
Compounds that inhibit the amino acid glutamate impede a form of brain cancer called glioma in rats.
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Insulin lowers more than blood sugar
Insulin may reduce inflammation and protect the heart.
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Healing the heart from within
An unusual mouse strain can regenerate heart tissue when the organ is damaged.
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Stem cell research marches on
Cells from human embryos can be transformed into heart cells or insulin-secreting cells.
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Drugs Counter Mad Cow Agent in Cells
Fueled only by promising studies of cells, a California research team has invited controversy by beginning to give a little-used malaria drug to patients who have the human version of mad cow disease.
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Vaccine Verity
Widely publicized concerns about vaccination leading to autism, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes have not been borne out by research.
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Cloning hearing creates media frenzy
A panel reviewing human cloning heard the pros and cons of the issue during a fiery debate.
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Bush favors some stem cell research
President Bush said he would support work on stem cells that already had been propagated from embryos otherwise fated for disposal in fertility clinics, but he opposes financing the destruction of additional embryos to create new cell lines.
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Could this be the end of the monthly period?
Two compounds stop menstruation in monkeys, suggesting that similar drugs might someday enable women to bypass monthly bleeding.
