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August 30, 2004

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-	Scientists Reinvent DNA As Template To Produce Organic Molecules By piggybacking small organic molecules onto short strands of DNA, chemists have developed an innovative new method of using DNA as a blueprint not for proteins but for collections of complex synthetic molecules.
-	Muscles Are Smarter Than You Think Acidity Helps Prevent Muscle Fatigue
-	Genetically Engineered "Marathon Mouse" Keeps On Running By enhancing the function of a single protein, researchers have produced a “marathon mouse” with altered muscle composition and enough physical endurance to run twice as far as normal mice.
-	Listen Up! Mice May Hold Key to Restoring Human Hearing Loss
-	Scientists Establish Database of Genes Associated With Cancer Drug Resistance Scientists identified associations between expression of individual ABC transporters in cancer cells and resistance to specific drugs
-	'Almost impossible' to catch cheating athletes Dr. Tapio Videman is discouraged by how difficult EPO [erythropoietin] is to identify
-	Stem cell discovery could aid in diabetes treatments Clonal identification of multipotent precursors from adult mouse pancreas that generate neural and pancreatic lineages.
-	'Molecular Portals' in Brain Cells Identified Infinitesimal particles of gold have enabled neurobiologists to track down key molecules in the machinery of "entry points" in neurons
-	Drug-Resistant Bacteria May Find New Foe In Novel Drug Design Approach At the national meeting of the American Chemical Society researchers report that they have found a way to produce novel aminocoumarins – antibiotics that can help in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria.