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November 1, 2007

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-	Neural Stem Cells Restore Memory Data suggest that neural stem cell therapy offers promise for treating memory deficits associated with neurological disorders.
-	Contribution Of Cholesterol Transporter To Vascular Disease Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), a transporter of cholesterol, may also contribute to vascular diseases by a previously unidentified mechanism.
-	Predicting Risks Of Breast Cancer Metastasis New strategies to predict the potential of a breast tumour to spread are presented.
-	Hypertension During Pregnancy Compromises Future Health Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy should be monitored closely both during and after birth.
-	Improved Detection Of Bladder Cancer A new method for detecting bladder tumours will provide improvements for patients' treatment and a reduction in cancer recurrence rates.
-	Sex Chromosomes Influence Behaviour Differences in habit learning between male and female mice are due to their chromosomes, not to their sex hormones.
-	Cost Effective Individual Genome Sequencing Nature Methods presents three reports that introduce different techniques for selecting and enriching specific genomic regions in a high-throughput fashion.
-	Long Live Transplants! A new strategy to improve transplant survival in diabetic patients is presented.
-	Using Biomarkers To Predict Alzheimer's Disease A plasma biomarker could be used to predict which patients with mild cognitive impairment will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease.
-	Responding To Sepsis How quickly key receptors are activated on blood vessel cells can determine whether one survives or succumbs to sepsis.