January 2008

• Genomics sizes up

  Standfirst

  China launches large-scale human sequencing initiative.

  Nature News

  (16 January 2008); doi:10.1038/451234a

• Chronic-pain treatment without side effects

  Standfirst

  A common class of drug could be targeted to give better pain relief.

  Nature News

  (16 January 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.443

• Ageing makes the imagination wither

  Standfirst

  Memory decline in old age may also mean a less vivid imagination.

  Nature News

  (4 January 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.408

• Cheap drugs against aggression don't work

  Standfirst

  Study shows placebos as good as antipsychotics for the intellectually disabled.

  Nature News

  (3 January 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2007.404

• Drunken flies get hypersexual

  Standfirst

  Chronic boozing sends male flies chasing after any and every potential mate.

  Nature News

  (3 January 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2007.402