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April 20, 2004

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-	World’s oldest mouse reaches milestone birthday U-M’s geriatric mouse colony helps scientists learn about human aging.
-	When 'Switched On' Muscle Stem Cells Morph To Resemble Nerve Cells An artificial gene activates a panel of genes that are normally silent in the muscle cells, causing them to morph into neuronal cells.
-	A New Hypothesis About Autoimmunity—Is it Possible to be Too Clean? Connection between poor T cell survival in the body and the development of autoimmunity.
-	New Hereditary Gene Linked To Parkinson's Disease UCL scientists have discovered a new gene implicated in the early development of Parkinson's disease.
-	Rewriting Textbooks On DNA Crossover Key decisions in the genetic shuffling that occurs before eggs or sperm are formed are made earlier than thought.