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January 18, 2006

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-	Continuous Antiretroviral Therapy Superior to Episodic Therapy in HIV Treatment In the SMART clinical trial, it was found that patients receiving episodic therapy had twice the risk of disease progression.
-	Study Links Alzheimer's Disease to Abnormal Cell Division A new study in mice suggests that Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be triggered when adult neurons try to divide.
-	Genetic Protection Against HIV May Mean Higher Risk for West Nile Virus Lack of cell surface protein, CCR5, causes resistance against HIV, but may be needed to develop resistance against West Nile Virus.
-	Soy Can Cause Reproductive Problems Genistein, a major component of soy, causes reproductive problems in laboratory mice.
-	Tight race to be the first in a new class of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitors for the oral treatment of type 2 diabetes New oral treatment modality for type 2 diabetes.