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October 2, 2006

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-	Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes in Islet Transplantation Clinical Trial Shows Islet Transplantation is a Promising Procedure For Certain Patients with Severe Type 1 Diabetes
-	H9N2 Avian Flu Vaccine Paired with Adjuvant Provokes Strong Human Immune Response Clinical trial reports that when combined with an adjuvant, low doses of an experimental vaccine against a strain of avian influenza (H9N2) provoked a strong antibody response in human volunteers.
-	Another Gene Implicated in Cleft Lip and Palate Underexpression of SUMO1 can cause the world's most common birth defect, cleft lip and palate.
-	Connectivity Map Using gene-expression signatures to connect small molecules, genes, and disease