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December 13, 2004

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-	Gene Therapy Collaboration Genzyme Corporation and Applied Genetic Technologies jointly develop novel therapeutics involving gene therapy.
-	Novel Gene Transfer Prevents Hypertension-Related Enlarged Heart, Cardiac Fibrosis Angiotensin II type 2 receptor gene transfer elicits cardioprotective effects in an angiotensin II infusion rat model of hypertension.
-	International HapMap Consortium Widens Data Access Mapping of Human Genetic Variation Will Speed Search for Disease Genes
-	Genetic defect confers risk of major depression, resistance to SSRI drug therapy Loss-of-Function Mutation in Tryptophan Hydroxylase-2 Identified in Unipolar Major Depression
-	New antibiotic target could mean the end of pneumonia Streptococcus pneumoniae Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Is Downregulated by Diphosphomevalonate
-	A New Species Of Amyloid Peptide Identification of a New Presenilin-dependent {zeta}-Cleavage Site within the Transmembrane Domain of Amyloid Precursor Protein