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November 27, 2006

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-	Natural Killer Cells Can Be Induced to Fight Liver Cancer in Mice IL-12 and IL-18 together to induce Natural Killer cells may be a therapeutic regimen against tumors.
-	Inexpensive, Quick, and Accurate Test Detects H5N1 Infections Newly developed inexpensive “gene chip” test based on a single influenza virus gene allows quick identification of flu viruses, including avian influenza H5N1.
-	New technology used to construct the first map of structural variation in the human genome Methods also applicable to disease diagnosis, drug response tests