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June 22, 2004

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-	Second-Generation Antisense Inhibitors Provide New Insights Into Metabolic Disease and Potential Treatments Isis and Collaborators Present Data From 4 Preclinical Studies at American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting
-	Genetic vaccine promising against chronic hepatitis C HCV NS3-based genetic vaccines effectively primed both humoral and cellular immune responses in mice.
-	Newly grown kidneys can sustain life in rats Researchers take critical first step toward using animal tissue transplants to treat kidney failure
-	NIH Launches First Center In Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network Initiative Will Generate New Tools to Accelerate Study of Human Disease
-	A Gene That Keeps Species Apart Daniel Barbash and colleagues identify a true speciation gene in the fruitfly Drosophila.
-	Therapeutic cloning may be permitted at Newcastle University A special licensing committee of the UK Human Fertilization & Embryology Authority (HFEA) met to decide whether to grant a license to scientists at The Center for Life at Newcastle University.
-	Alzheimer's May Leave Some Forms of Memory Intact People with Alzheimer's disease retain a specific form of memory used for rote learning of skills, even as their memories of people and events are extinguished.
-	Researcher Issues Caution On Live Virus Vaccines Live virus vaccines to prevent infectious diseases like West Nile virus and yellow fever could have dire consequences.
-	Keeping Drugs Stable Without Refrigeration Rapidly solidified sugars preserve proteins best when they suppress tiny, molecular motions lasting a nanosecond or less.
-	Gene Related To DNA Repair And Cancer Risk A protein long thought to be involved in repairing DNA that is damaged during normal metabolic processes is linked to tumour suppression.
-	Drug Tested At OHSU Prevents MS-like Disease In Animals LGD5552, a non-steroidal selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator, prevented disease development when tested on animal models.