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June 16, 2005

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-	Promising New TB Drug Enters Clinical Trial The novel antibiotic, PA-824, may shorten the time needed to treat tuberculosis.
-	Rodent Social Behavior Encoded in Junk DNA Junk DNA holds sequence for key hormone receptor involved in determining male-female relations and parenting behaviors in a species of voles.
-	US$3.68 Million Grant to Boost Public Health “Informatics” New National Library of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Partnership Will Develop More Public Health Information Experts
-	NIH Selects 13 More Organisms for Genome Sequencing The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) adds gibbon, bats, finch and mosquito strains to strategic mix.