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November 13, 2006

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-	Incentive-Based Therapy Works Best for Methamphetamine Abusers Contingency management (CM), also known as Motivational Incentives, along with psychosocial therapy is more effective than psychosocial therapy alone.
-	*Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus* Toxin Is Cleared** Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), one of many toxins associated with S. aureus infection is not the culprit in S. aureus infections.
-	Molecular Regulator for Blood Flow Found in Mice Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), a multifunctional protein involved in the nitric oxide-signaling pathway and is found to be part of the mechanism which restricts angiogenesis.