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October 7, 2003

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-	Emerging Biogenerics Market To Show 135% Annual Growth Worldwide Generic Biologics Market to Reach $12 Billion by 2010.
-	Nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing possible neuroprotectant drugs Preventing mitochondria from turning ugly may postpone Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s diseases.
-	Natural Chemical Curbs Neuropathic Pain A naturally occurring protein might hold the key to alleviating neuropathic pain.
-	How HIV Dodges The Body’s Defense HIV replicates in human cells by disabling an innate protection mechanism.
-	Cystic Fibrosis And Sperm Fertility Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR), which are responsible for the lung problems seen in cystic fibrosis patients, may also stop sperm from working normally.
-	Therapeutic Cloning In Parkinsonian Mice In the first example of therapeutic cloning for treating a brain disorder, scientists have used dopamine neurons derived from cloned mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells to treat mice with a Parkinson-like condition.
-	Anticancer Drug Explained Researchers are beginning to understand how a particular anticancer drug -- known as 17-AAG -- can kill off cancer cells and leave healthy neighbours unharmed.