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June 14, 2005

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-	New Gene Shows Way For Autoimmune Disease A RING-type ubiquitin ligase family member required to repress follicular helper T cells and autoimmunity
-	Tagging Pathogens With Synthetic DNA 'Barcodes' Researchers make synthetic DNA 'barcodes' to tag pathogens, providing an inexpensive, off-the-shelf monitoring system
-	New Threat Of Antimalarial Resistance Researchers reveal the basis of the selectivity of Artemisinins, the last line of defense against drug-resistant malaria parasites.
-	New Culture System To Study Hepatitis C Virus Scientists report on the development of the first system that supports complete replication of hepatitis C virus (HCV).
-	Vaccine Against Ebola And Marburg Viruses Effective In Primates Paper reports the development of a vaccine that successfully protects non-human primates against Ebola and Marburg viruses.
-	Editing Cancer Scientists report that type I interferon, a chemical messenger, is an important component of the immune process, now called 'cancer immunoediting'.
-	Fueling Fire In The Gut Our intestines have specialized cells that promote immune responses to various stimuli in their environment.
-	Testing Cancer Genes Scientists use genetically engineered human tissue in a new approach to determine which mutations are sufficient to promote cancer progression.
-	CD22 Binding Captured A surface protein central to immune response homo-binds to other molecules like itself.
-	Protein Determines Fate Of Reproductive Cells In Mice A known transcriptional factor plays a critical role in the specification of germ cells in mice.
-	MicroRNAs Control Development Of Heart Muscle Cells A small RNA element regulates the balance between differentiation and proliferation of cardiac muscle cells in mice.
-	MicroRNAs Give Stem Cells The Green Light Scientists identify part of mechanism that allows stem cells to continue replicating.
-	MicroRNAs Play A Major Role In Cancer Three different teams of scientists working independently have found that microRNAs also have an important role in human cancers.
-	Cancer Chemoprevention By The Antioxidant Tempol Acts Partially Via The P53 Tumor Suppressor Chemopreventative effect of tempol may be related to p53 pathway activation.