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April 25, 2006

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-	Minimal Cocktail For Growing Human Embryonic Stem Cells Established hESC cocktail contains only purified recombinant, chemically-synthesized, or purified human factors to support the cell growth
-	Gene Variant Protects Against Type 2 Diabetes, Heart Disease, And Hypertriglyceridemia Identification of variant indicates that aP2 might play a similar role in humans as it does in mice
-	Study Holds Promise For A New Approach To Drug Therapy Differential targeting of Gbetagamma-subunit signaling with small molecules
-	New Mechanism for Essential Genome-Wide Gene Silencing Identified Histone sumoylation is a negative regulator in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and shows dynamic interplay with positive-acting histone modifications
-	Blood Pressure Medication May Revolutionize Treatment Of Marfan Syndrome Losartan, an AT1 antagonist, prevents aortic aneurysm in a mouse model of Marfan syndrome
-	Polycomb Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation Polycomb group proteins play a key role in regulating vertebrate embryogenesis and in maintaining stem cell pluripotency.