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September 7, 2006

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-	Molecules in Blood Foretell Development of Preeclampsia Soluble endoglin and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1) implicated in causing preeclampsia.
-	wet AMD: CEPsis of the retina? A protein modification has been identified that directly leads to the dry-to-wet transition in age-related macular degeneration
-	United States Approval of First Totally Implanted Permanent Artificial Heart Many scientists's dreams become a reality.
-	Bipolar Disorder in the Workplace Productivity lags even after mood lifts.
-	New Method of Gene Therapy To Treat Advanced Melanoma Using gene therapy, one's own immune cells can be altered to attack melanoma cancer cells. This technique may also work in other common cancers.