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The US government sends a perverse message through its newly announced policy of supporting tobacco exports to developing nations while pontificating about the dangers of teenage smoking.
New data on the AIDS virus suggest that an HIV-1 subtype, ‘clade’ E, which is prevalent in Asia, may spread easily through mucosa, accounting for the greater efficiency of heterosexual spread of the disease in that part of the world.
High salt intake is believed to have adverse effects on blood pressure levels in humans. Now, for the first time, it has been shown to increase blood pressure in chimpanzees (pages 1009–1016).
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.
Non-enzymatic glycation, cellular receptors and oxidant stress together have implications for the pathogenesis of cellular dysfunction in diabetes and beyond (pages 1057–1061).
