Nature Medicine - Current issue : November 2009, Volume 15 No 11
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Meeting
Systems Biology and HIV Vaccine Development
We are pleased to invite you to our Colloquium on Systems Biology and HIV Vaccine Development, during which we will explore the potential of systems biology for HIV vaccine design.
Q&A
Straight talk with…Joan Scott
Q&A by Genevive BjornThe Genetics & Public Policy Center monitors advances in human genetics and their translation into clinical medicine. Joan Scott, the new director of the center, talked to us about the twists and turns of using information from the double helix.
News & Views
Drug may put brakes on Parkinson's disease
Community CornerIt is not easy show that a drug slows Parkinson's disease progression instead of simply ameliorating symptoms. A recent trial tested this question for the drug rasagiline, but the findings were not clear cut: rasagiline slowed the disease at one dose but not at another. What do the data mean?
News & Views
Attacking the flu
Between Bedside and BenchThis month, Chen and Subbarao discuss research identifying human antibodies than can neutralize a range of flu virus subtypes, while. Nistal-Villán and García-Sastre examine studies on the crystal structure of a promising viral drug target.
Current Issue
Eyeing your pericytes
Article by Geraldes and colleaguesHigh blood sugar can lead to diabetic retinopathy and blindness. Glucose is now found to quench a growth factor that keeps pericytes alive. Without these support cells, the retinal vasculature dies.
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