Consortium News
August 2009
Consortium August Update
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Modeling: Opening up on actin nucleation.
Spatial pair cross-correlation: Detecting molecular transport and diffusion.Immunology: Lights, camera, infection
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Multiphoton microscopy is allowing immunologists to watch infections as they happen. Jeanne Erdmann pulls up a seat.
US puts flu vaccines on trial
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The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced last week that it will begin five clinical trials for two pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccines in early August.
Mice made from induced stem cells
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Two teams of Chinese researchers have created live mice from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, showing that iPS cells have the developmental potential to generate an entire mammalian body.
Francis Collins named as NIH chief
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President Barack Obama on 8 July nominated physician and geneticist Francis Collins as the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).