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- 1From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedA type of sugar transporter has been discovered that exports glucose from cells. In plants, these transporters are targeted by disease-causing microbes that divert sugar production for their own use. Sweetening...
- 2From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedA long-running debate about whether to classify an Antarctic fishery as 'sustainable' has concluded. The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni, pictured) caught in the Ross Sea can now be sold with a Marine...
- 3From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedNon-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, with an overall 5-year survival rate of only 10-15% (1). Deregulation of the Ras pathway is a frequent hallmark of NSCLC,...
- 4From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedWith the help of small RNA molecules called microRNAs, a metabolic and neurodegenerative disorder might be treated using gene therapy. Patients with Krabbe's disease lack a functioning version of an enzyme called...
- 5From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedAs co-chair of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), I would like to clarify your misleading implication that I recommend geoengineering as an option for attaining ambitious climate...
- 6From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedThe process of applying for research grants from Europe's Framework programme should be simplified, say leading researchers evaluating the current programme, which runs until 2013. Their report, published on 18...
- 7From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedAn inquiry published on 16 November details how organs were illegally removed for testing from the dead bodies of nuclear workers in the United Kingdom between 1955 and 1992, without obtaining relatives' consent in many...
- 8From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedJillian Banfield trades in hell holes. In September, she could be found wading through the dark, hot, sulphurous innards of Richmond Mine at Iron Mountain, California, where blue stalactites ooze the most acidic water...
- 9From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedAs is the case for embryo-derived stem cells, application of reprogrammed human induced pluripotent stem cells is limited by our understanding of lineage specification. Here we demonstrate the ability to generate...
- 10From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedCanada's Senate defeated the nation's climate-change bill on 16 November, quashing legislation to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. The bill called for cuts in emissions of 25% below the 1990 level by 2020, and a long-term...
- 11From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedThe neurotransmitter dopamine, which is involved in drug addiction and certain psychiatric disorders, binds to five subtypes of receptor in the brain. Some psychiatric drugs block two of these receptors, the similar D2R...
- 12From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedBiodiversity is rapidly declining (1), and this may negatively affect ecosystem processes (2), including economically important ecosystem services (3). Previous studies have shown that biodiversity has positive effects...
- 13From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedThe controversy over stem-cell tourism, in which patients travel to other countries for unapproved stem-cell treatments, continues to grow. In June, researchers in Thailand reported finding "strange lesions" in a...
- 14From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedCell adhesions to the extracellular matrix (ECM) are necessary for morphogenesis, immunity and wound healing (1,2). Focal adhesions are multifunctional organelles that mediate cell-ECM adhesion, force transmission,...
- 15From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedYour sensationalist headline 'The telescope that ate astronomy' could more appropriately have highlighted the promise of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for astronomy's future (Nature 467, 1028-1030; 2010)....
- 16From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedNot long ago, a technique called RNA interference (RNAi) seemed to be on the fast track to commercial success. Its discovery in 1998 revealed a new way to halt the production of specific proteins using specially...
- 17From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedIn the rare disease fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a mutation in the Alk2 gene results in the formation of bone in soft tissues. Now researchers show that the bone cells derive from others that form the...
- 18From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedA number of big pharmaceutical companies announced restructuring plans last week. German chemicals giant Bayer, headquartered in Leverkusen, said it would spend 1 billion [euro] (US$1.4 billion) cutting 4,500 jobs--but...
- 19From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedThe blood-brain barrier (BBB) consists of specific physical barriers, enzymes and transporters, which together maintain the necessary extracellular environment of the central nervous system (CNS) (1). The main physical...
- 20From: Nature. (Vol. 468, Issue 7323) Peer-ReviewedA potential blockbuster drug to treat the autoimmune disease lupus looks likely to be approved in the United States. An advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave Benlysta (belimumab) the green...