7 October 2008LATEST HIGHLIGHTS
Fly cells retooled for flu research
University of Tokyo, Japan
Finding new therapeutic targets against H5N1 influenza infection may be accelerated by using insect cells as targets of infection
Moving towards a breast cancer vaccine
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Carbohydrate-based compounds possess useful properties as immune system targets for therapeutics
Deciding the fate of fat
Tsinghua University, China
One gene plays an important role in controlling whether fat cells contribute to body heat or to love handles
Knees-up for arthritis gene
Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN, Japan
Scientists from Japan and China identify a gene linked to osteoarthritis of the knee
Unmasking a missing link
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Researchers propose a viable mechanism for enzyme recycling in the Golgi apparatus
HIV gets specific
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, India
New work helps explain the predominance of a particular strain of HIV among infected Indian individuals
Keeping an even temperature
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
A signaling pathway in the brain of the fruit fly is involved in controlling ‘heat-seeking’ behavior
When two X chromosomes are not always better than one
Department of Genetic Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Researchers trace the genetic cause of a neurological disease that affects women but not men
Researchers identify killer block
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Regulation of signaling in natural killer cells can affect their ability to battle a virus
A glimpse at the bacterial factory floor
National Institute of Immunology, India
New research has revealed a novel ‘assembly line’ manufacturing process used by the tuberculosis bacterium—and a potential target for therapeutic sabotage
First things first
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
A newly identified stepwise activation mechanism for DNA-damage-repair proteins ensures that the most essential response pathways are triggered first
Controlling cholesterol by controlling traffic
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
A powerful drug for reducing cholesterol works by targeted inhibition of a major absorption pathway used by cells in the liver and intestine
