August 2007

• Body clock might stop during hibernation

  Standfirst

  The brains of hibernating hamsters don't keep time.

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  (20 August 2007); doi:10.1038/news070820-3

• Mice can smell greenhouse gas

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  Rising CO₂ makes a stink for mice.

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  (16 August 2007); doi:10.1038/news070813-9

• Autistic kids don't catch yawns

  Standfirst

  Yawning isn't contagious for some of the socially impaired.

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  (15 August 2007); doi:10.1038/news070813-4

• HIV triggers the 'opposite of cancer' in the brain

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  Study unpicks how AIDS causes dementia.

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  (15 August 2007); doi:10.1038/news070813-7

• Autism Speaks: the United States pays up

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  In recent years, autism has become the golden child of the fund-raising circuit. Meredith Wadman looks at a US public-relations success that is driving research funds and expertise towards this childhood condition, and asks who is missing out.

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  (8 August 2007); doi:10.1038/448628a

• US genetics bill blocked again

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  One-man lobby halts antidiscrimination law.

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  (8 August 2007); doi:10.1038/448631a

• Implant boosts activity in injured brain

  Standfirst

  Deep-brain stimulation offers hope for minimally conscious patients.

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  (1 August 2007); doi:10.1038/448522a

• Medical opinion comes full circle on cannabis dangers

  Standfirst

  Frequent use more than doubles psychosis risk, says new large-scale analysis.

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  (27 July 2007); doi:10.1038/news070723-11

• New mutations implicated in half of autism cases

  Standfirst

  Disorder linked to genetic differences between parent and offspring.

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  (24 July 2007); doi:10.1038/news070723-1

• The man with a hole in his brain

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  (16 July 2007); doi:10.1038/news070716-15