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___________________________________________________________________________ Improved "Positions in bioscience and medicine" section =>> http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ ___________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - November 23, 2004 - http://hum-molgen.org Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Corautus Genetics Announces Publication of Gene Therapy Approach to Heart Disease in Circulation Corautus' technology is currently being tested in a Phase IIb trial known as GENASIS ("Genetic Angiogenic Stimulation Investigational Study") http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg21.html - New Protein “Stop Sign” Alters Blood Vessel Growth Semaphorin 3E and Plexin-D1 Control Vascular Pattern Independently of Neuropilins http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg20.html - A Molecular Light Switch Silences Neurons A technical report describes a new technique for rapid, reversible and precise silencing of neural activity that overcomes limitations of past techniques. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg19.html - How People Learn From Mistakes A rare opportunity not only to record from single human brain cells, but also to study the effects of their loss suggests that a certain brain area may be important for our ability to form effective strategies. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg18.html - Busting Up Gallstones A compound that alters the composition of the digestive fluid bile might prevent gallstone formation. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg17.html - West Nile Virus: Crossing Into The Brain Researchers have discovered how West Nile virus enters the brain. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg16.html - Cancer Spreads An Insight in the 18 Nov 2004 issue of Nature captures the excitement in the rapidly advancing field of cancer research. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg15.html - New Evidence For Cancer Stem Cells An original study identifies brain tumour initiating cells and suggests them as new targets for more effective cancer therapies. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg14.html - Non-Coding RNA Helps To Regulate Insulin New study provides hope for diabetes drug development by showing the power of a class of non-coding RNAs thought to regulate gene expression. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg13.html - Cutting Cholesterol With RNAi Scientists report a simple and ground-breaking new way to use RNAi to cut cholesterol levels in mice. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/11-2004/msg12.html Literature http://hum-molgen.org/literature/ - Google scholar BETA Search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports http://hum-molgen.org/literature/11-2004/msg05.html - Max and Lynn. 2003. Interactive Textbook of Clinical Symptom Research An interactive textbook on clinical symptom research. http://hum-molgen.org/literature/11-2004/msg04.html - Science Commons Science Commons is an exploratory project to apply the philosophies and activities of Creative Commons in the realm of science. http://hum-molgen.org/literature/11-2004/msg03.html DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact admin@hum-molgen.org Biotechnical requests and sources http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnology - Post request or source http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnical-request-posting Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Biochemistry / Immunology: Post-Doctoral Fellow (Vaccine Design and Cancer immunotherapeutics) National Research Council, Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa, K1A 0R6, Canada http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2523.html - Biotechnology: POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW - Recombinant Protein Production in E. coli University of Limerick, Ireland, Limerick, Ireland http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2524.html - Cancer Research: POSTDOC POSITION IN CANCER RESEARCH IN BERLIN AVAILABLE Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, 13353, Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2522.html - Cancer Research: post-doctoral fellow Roswellpark Cancer Institute, Buffalo, Ny 14263, United States of America http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2521.html - Cancer Research: Ph.D. GRAD. 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