News
A collection of the very latest news items relevant to the cell migration community, selected from the CMC, news@nature.com and journals from the Nature family.
November 2007
Consortium November Update
Standfirst
Breaking the symmetry: A back start.
EGF-stimulated motility in carcinoma cells: A Cdc42 response.Small-scale technique hits the big time
Standfirst
Mini-explosions under a cell sample could help to identify disease.
Moderate HIV cases worst for transmission
Standfirst
HIV-positive individuals with only moderate levels of the virus in their blood have a greater chance of transmitting HIV in the long term than those who show no symptoms but carry high levels of the virus.
Malaria vaccine hope for Africa's babies
Standfirst
A malaria vaccine trial in Mozambique raises the hope that it can be used for those who are most at risk of being killed by the disease - young babies.
Doubts raised over stem-cell marker
Standfirst
The validity of using Oct4 - a protein that maintains embryonic stem cells in an undifferentiated state - as a marker for adult stem cells is being disputed.