December 2007

• Gerbils can distinguish 'me' from 'you'

  Standfirst

  Rodents quickly learn to interpret verbal cues.

  Nature News

  (14 December 2007); doi:10.1038/news.2007.379

• Abnormal neuroscience: Scanning psychopaths

  Standfirst

  Are their brains not wired to feel what others feel, or do they just not care? Alison Abbott joins researchers looking into normal neurobiology through the scope of psychopathy.

  Nature News

  (12 December 2007); doi:10.1038/450942a

• Stem cells treat anaemia in mice

  Standfirst

  Results provide proof of principle for therapeutic promise of induced pluripotent stem cells.

  Nature News

  (6 December 2007); doi:10.1038/news.2007.347

• Cell biology sideshow draws a crowd

  Standfirst

  NIH cheerleaders and punny tunes win plaudits.

  Nature News

  (5 December 2007); doi:10.1038/news.2007.357

• Now in Arabic...

  Standfirst

  Science classics get translated.

  Nature News

  (28 November 2007); doi:10.1038/450591b

• Fever pitch

  Standfirst

  The push for new anti-inflammatory drugs has pharmaceutical companies flocking to a previously abandoned therapy. Heidi Ledford reports on the resurrection of interleukin-1 blockers.

  Nature News

  (28 November 2007); doi:10.1038/450600a