July 2006

• Mapping the sexual divide

  Researchers look for genetic clues to disease's gender bias.

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  (7 July 2006); doi:10.1038/news060703-18

• Stem cells bring hope for brain disorder

  Mouse trials show small gain from implanted human cells.

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  (3 July 2006); doi:10.1038/news060703-3

• 'Miracle recovery' shows brain's resilience

  Man who 'awoke' after 19 years shows how nerve cells can regrow.

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  (3 July 2006); doi:10.1038/news060703-5

• Stroke makes smokers forget their addiction

  Wiping out one part of the brain can break the thrall of smoking.

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  (11 July 2006); doi:10.1038/news060710-2

• Bionic brains become a reality

  Devices to help paralysed patients work computers set to get even faster.

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  (12 July 2006); doi:10.1038/news060710-8

• Hunt for AIDS vaccine tackles genomes

  Systematic search for HIV immunity proposed.

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  (28 June 2006); doi:10.1038/4411034c

• CJD-related disease can incubate for 50 years

  Last living cannibals aid predictions for modern prion epidemic.

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  (23 June 2006); doi:10.1038/news060619-12

• Magnets zap migraines

  Headache pills might be superseded by portable device.

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  (22 June 2006); doi:10.1038/news060619-9