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It is difficult to show that patients' results on the most common quantitative test for sleepiness correlate with several factors associated with sleepiness.
Synthesis of the major xenogeneic antigen can be diverted towards production of an innocuous sugar by expression of a glycosyltransferase (pages 1261–1267).
Human and animal research suggests Crohn's disease is a heterogeneous group of disorders and implicates commensal bacteria in genetically determined mucosal T-cell dysregulation.
Internalization of targeted therapeutics is often needed for efficacy, but also alters drug penetration of a tissue. A new model explores the trade-offs of intracellular drug trafficking.
We now have a number of effective drugs for osteoporosis. However, close inspection of clinical trials results suggests we should aim for even better ones.
A novel ganglioside-bound form of the amyloid β-protein is discovered in Alzheimer's disease (pages 1062–1066), but is it the long-sought initiator of the earliest brain lesions?
A new study suggests that stimulating TGF-β production protects against atherosclerosis (1067–1073). But other studies have shown that TGF-β overproduction can cause tissue fibrosis.