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March 29, 2006

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-	Challenging the Strategy of Maternal Age-Based Prenatal Genetic Counseling Article discusses the effect of current knowledge on the strategy of Maternal Age-Based Prenatal Genetic Counseling.
-	Stretch Marks Are Never Good Stretch marks are not only unsightly, but women with this disorder, appear to be at increased risk for pelvic prolapse.
-	Getting Streptavidin To Go It Alone Research describes a popular system for protein labelling and modification to reduce the risk of unwanted cross-reactions.
-	A New Way To Spotlight Cells In Live Animals Stanford University scientists have modified a popular strategy for imaging studies in live animals.
-	Flu Killers Researchers identify a key molecule required for surviving flu infections.
-	Genetic Variants Associated With Common Skin Disorders Mutations in a gene called filaggrin are associated with elevated risks of atopic disease.
-	Generating Egg-Like Cells From Pig Fetal Skin Stem cells isolated from the skin of pig fetuses are capable of giving rise to egg-like cells.
-	The RNAi Revolution Marches On Scientists have taken an important step towards a new class of drug treatment that harnesses the RNA interference pathway.
-	Early Sign Of Alzheimer's Scientists reveal what could be one of the earliest molecular seeds of Alzheimer's disease.
-	Down's Syndrome Scientists make an important step towards determining how a 1.5-fold increase in gene dosage on chromosome 21 triggers the various developmental problems associated with Down's syndrome.
-	Alzheimer's Protein Player Exposed Researchers reveal how an enzyme called Pin1 plays a part in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.
-	'Accelerated Evolution' Converts RNA Enzyme To DNA Enzyme In Vitro This "evolutionary conversion" provides a modern-day snapshot of how life as we understand it may have first evolved out of the earliest primordial mix of RNA-like molecules
-	Study Analyzes Gene Therapy For Patients At High Risk For Amputation TALISMAN (Therapeutic Angiogenesis Leg Ischemia Study for the Management of Arteriopathy and Non-healing ulcers) presented at ACC.06
-	Minor Mutations in Avian Flu Virus Increase Chances of Human Infection Few Adaptations Are Needed to Transform It into a Potential Pandemic Virus
-	New View Of Asthma's Cause Previously Unrecognized Immune Cell May Provide A Better Target For Therapy