June 2006

• Making the most of a little DNA

  New tests could make it easier to detect IVF embryos at risk of genetic disease.

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  (16 June 2006); doi:10.1038/news060612-16

• Nanoparticles in sun creams can stress brain cells

  Tiny grains send cells into potentially dangerous overdrive.

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  (16 June 2006); doi:10.1038/news060612-14

• Train the brain for successful soccer

  Ability to 'read the game' seems to be in the mind, not the eyes.

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  (9 June 2006); doi:10.1038/news060605-11

• Monoclonals expand into neural disorders

  In April, Pfizer bought a Genentech spinoff, Rinat Neuroscience, for close to five hundred million dollars

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  (2 June 2006); doi:10.1038/nbt0606-595

• Mice testicles reveal new class of RNAs

  Mini cousins of DNA could play vital role in sperm formation.

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  (4 June 2006); doi:10.1038/news060529-12

• Mother's diet can tinker with baby's genes

  Dietary supplement can make generations of mice obese.

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  (2 June 2006); doi:10.1038/news060529-10

• Sexual desire traced to genetics

  Differences in sexual appetite might be partly determined by our genes.

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  (31 May 2006); doi:10.1038/news060529-6

• RNA treatment kills mice

  Using RNA interference to shut down harmful genes can have fatal flaw.

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  (24 May 2006); doi:10.1038/news060522-10

• Sleeping pills offer wake-up call to vegetative patients

  Drug could overcome brain shutdown caused by trauma.

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  (23 May 2006); doi:10.1038/news060522-9