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November 23, 2004

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-	Corautus Genetics Announces Publication of Gene Therapy Approach to Heart Disease in Circulation Corautus' technology is currently being tested in a Phase IIb trial known as GENASIS ("Genetic Angiogenic Stimulation Investigational Study")
-	New Protein “Stop Sign” Alters Blood Vessel Growth Semaphorin 3E and Plexin-D1 Control Vascular Pattern Independently of Neuropilins
-	A Molecular Light Switch Silences Neurons A technical report describes a new technique for rapid, reversible and precise silencing of neural activity that overcomes limitations of past techniques.
-	How People Learn From Mistakes A rare opportunity not only to record from single human brain cells, but also to study the effects of their loss suggests that a certain brain area may be important for our ability to form effective strategies.
-	Busting Up Gallstones A compound that alters the composition of the digestive fluid bile might prevent gallstone formation.
-	West Nile Virus: Crossing Into The Brain Researchers have discovered how West Nile virus enters the brain.
-	Cancer Spreads An Insight in the 18 Nov 2004 issue of Nature captures the excitement in the rapidly advancing field of cancer research.
-	New Evidence For Cancer Stem Cells An original study identifies brain tumour initiating cells and suggests them as new targets for more effective cancer therapies.
-	Non-Coding RNA Helps To Regulate Insulin New study provides hope for diabetes drug development by showing the power of a class of non-coding RNAs thought to regulate gene expression.
-	Cutting Cholesterol With RNAi Scientists report a simple and ground-breaking new way to use RNAi to cut cholesterol levels in mice.