Research highlights archive: March 2004

		Prevention: Tea time The green-tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) has been shown in epidemiological studies to prevent cancer 26 March 2004
		Viral pathogenesis: Bridging the species barrier How avian viruses can cross the species barrier and become adapted to humans has been revealed. 26 March 2004
		Gene expression: The complete picture Real-time analysis of full gene expression in single cells is now possible 26 March 2004
		Virtual screening: Gliding to success A new docking methodology outperforms the current state-of-the-art methods. 19 March 2004
		Chemosensitivity: MUCking up cell death MUC1 overexpression occurs in most cancers and could be a new way by which tumour cells avoid death. 19 March 2004
		Immune evasion: Slowly does it... Viruses that replicate slowly invoke a weak adaptive immune response that could contribute to virus persistence and chronic disease. 19 March 2004
		Tumorigenesis: Influential partnership A new class of oncogenes that increase interactions between tumour and stromal cells has been discovered. 12 March 2004
		Stem cells: Making more of yourself One of the most fundamental problems in stem-cell biology has been tackled. 12 March 2004
		Bacterial ecology: Killing the messenger A novel mechanism for antagonistic bacterial interactions has exciting implications for biocontrol. 12 March 2004
		Cardiovascular disease: Healing hearts Inhibitors of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases reduce infarct size and reperfusion injury. 5 March 2004
		Anticancer drugs: Overcoming inhibition Small-molecule inhibitors that remove an important 'brake' in apoptosis can strip tumours of their immortality. 5 March 2004
		Viral immunity: Silencing the silencers RNA interference provides antiviral immunity in Drosophila and mosquito cells, implicating it as a natural antiviral response in mammalian cells. 5 March 2004