Codon spell check: Silent mutations are not so silent after all

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The article explains the discovery made by Chava Kimchi-Sarfaty and Michael M. Gottesman at the National Cancer institute. They used mutations in a gene called MDR1to find out why different cancer patients reacted differently to chemotherapy treatments.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Research and Testing Services, Cancer & Cell R&D, Cancer research, Gene mutations, Gene mutation, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Oncology, Experimental, United States. National Cancer Institute, Single nucleotide polymorphisms, Gottesman, Michael M., Kimchi-Sarfaty, Chava

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A strategy of containment

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The work of veteran pathogen fighter, David L. Heymann is discussed. He is Executive Director of WHO's communicable diseases division, has worked on SARS and is currently in charge of eradicating polio from the world.

Management dynamics, Management, Prevention, Communicable diseases, Company business management, World Health Organization, Heymann, David L.

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Unlocking Alzheimer's

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Researchers have traced the production of a destructive Alzheimer's protein, known as amyloid-beta, to the junctions between synapses, with direct links between high synaptic activity and amyloid-beta increases.

Alzheimer's disease, Glycoproteins, Protein research

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