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August 21, 2008

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-	Venter Versus Watson Personalized medicine should employ precise genetic information instead of relying on race and ethnicity to prescribe drugs in the future.
-	Moisturizers Increase Skin Cancer Risk In UV-Radiation Treated Mice everal common moisturizing creams can increase the formation of non-melanoma skin tumors when applied to UV-radiation treated mice.
-	Nature Reviews Genetics: An Ever-Evolving Review An article highlighting new ways of using the interactive web to generate community-driven reviews of scientific knowledge will be subject to some of its own recommendations.
-	Staying Lean Without A Diet A study published online reports a strain of mice that are lean and resistant to obesity.
-	An Antibacterial Catapult Scientists have discovered an immune cell that fights bacteria by throwing mitochondrial DNA in a catapult-like manner.
-	Cleaning Up The House Boosting the activity of a cellular quality-control mechanism may prevent the functional decay associated with ageing.
-	New Susceptibility Gene For Type 2 Diabetes Scientists have identified variants that increase risk of type 2 diabetes in populations of both East Asian and European origin.
-	Ion Channels Implicated In Bipolar Disorder Variants in two genes are associated with increased risk of bipolar disorder.
-	Genetic Risk Factor For Chronic Inflammatory Disorder A genetic variant that increases risk of the chronic inflammatory disorder sarcoidosis has been identified.
-	Cancer Taking The Myc Therapies that block the action of a gene called Myc may prove useful against cancer.
-	Key Receptor Identified For HCMV Infection Researchers have identified a critical receptor required for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection.