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March 7, 2005

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-	Scientists Replicate Hepatitis C Virus in Laboratory New In Vitro Model System Will Allow Study of Therapeutics and Virus Life Cycle
-	Enzyme Shown To Help Protect Genomic Stability Findings May Provide Insights into Aging and Cancer
-	It's Not All Genetic: Common Epigenetic Problem Doubles Cancer Risk In Mice Loss of Imprinting of Igf2 Alters Intestinal Maturation and Tumorigenesis
-	Researchers Find New Technique To Identify Fetal Genetic Material Global Gene Expression Analysis of the Living Human Fetus Using Cell-Free Messenger RNA in Amniotic Fluid
-	Certain Genetic Test Helps Detect Mutations That May Be Missed By Conventional DNA Test Researchers have identified a genetic test that when used with DNA testing would detect a higher number of genetic mutations in colorectal cancer patients
-	Research Advances Quest For HIV-1 Vaccine A new detailed structural analysis of the complex formed by an anti-HIV antibody called 4E10 and its specific target provides insight into why this particular antibody is so broadly effective
-	New Medical Devices Can Cause New Immune Problems Research findings could help with design of combination products that are not compromised by adverse host responses
-	NCI Creates Gene Expression Database Of Normal Human Organ Tissue Largest open-source database for normal tissue from human organs
-	NHGRI Targets 12 More Organisms for Genome Sequencing Strategic Mix Includes Marmoset, Skate and the vector of Chagas' disease