Consortium News
May 2009
Consortium May Update
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Causal mapping: Generating hypotheses about how molecular and cellular systems are regulated.
Swine flu goes global
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New influenza virus tests pandemic emergency preparedness.
Green glow deciphered
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In nature, the green fluorescent protein appears to donate electrons to other molecules when excited by light.
Designer immune cells fight prostate cancer
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T cells genetically engineered to recognize a protein found on the outer membrane of prostate cells may help to fight prostate cancer.
Making new eggs in old mice
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Cells derived from female germline stem cells that had been isolated from adult mice and transplanted into the ovaries of infertile animals were capable of undergoing oogenesis and generating offspring.