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Latest Scientific Breakthroughs

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Nature - Advance Online Publication (AOP)
• Predicting new molecular targets for known drugs (Nature, 2009-11-01)
• A connection between star formation activity and cosmic rays in the starburst galaxy M82 (Nature, 2009-11-01)
• Observation of the fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene (Nature, 2009-11-01)
• Crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of the kidney urea transporter (Nature, 2009-10-28)
• A limit on the variation of the speed of light arising from quantum gravity effects (Nature, 2009-10-28)
• Human DAZL, DAZ and BOULE genes modulate primordial germ-cell and haploid gamete formation (Nature, 2009-10-28)
• Systematic RNA interference reveals that oncogenic KRAS-driven cancers require TBK1 (Nature, 2009-10-21)
• Requirement for NF-κB signalling in a mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma (Nature, 2009-10-21)
• Mutation load and rapid adaptation favour outcrossing over self-fertilization (Nature, 2009-10-21)
• Optomechanical crystals (Nature, 2009-10-18)
• Human DNA methylomes at base resolution show widespread epigenomic differences (Nature, 2009-10-14)
Science - Sciencexpress
• An Unusually Fast-Evolving Supernova (Science, November 5 2009)
• Human Genome Sequencing Using Unchained Base Reads on Self-Assembling DNA Nanoarrays (Science, November 5 2009)
• Structure of the LKB1-STRAD-MO25 Complex Reveals an Allosteric Mechanism of Kinase Activation (Science, November 5 2009)
• Bacterial Community Variation in Human Body Habitats Across Space and Time (Science, November 5 2009)
• Bridging the Montreal-Kyoto Gap (Science, November 5 2009)
• Pandemic H1N1 and the 2009 Hajj (Science, October 29 2009)
• A Simple Cipher Governs DNA Recognition by TAL Effectors (Science, October 29 2009)
• Breaking the Code of DNA-Binding Specificity of TAL-Type III Effectors (Science, October 29 2009)
• Structure of Monomeric Yeast and Mammalian Sec61 Complexes Interacting with the Translating Ribosome (Science, October 29 2009)
• Induced Chromosomal Proximity and Gene Fusions in Prostate Cancer (Science, October 29 2009)
• Structural Insight into Nascent Polypeptide Chain–Mediated Translational Stalling (Science, October 29 2009)
Cell - Immediate Early Publication (IEP)
• Concerted Loading of Mcm2–7 Double Hexamers around DNA during DNA Replication Origin Licensing (Cell, November 05, 2009)
• An Epigenetic Switch Involving NF-κB, Lin28, Let-7 MicroRNA, and IL6 Links Inflammation to Cell Transformation (Cell, October 29, 2009)
Nature Genetics - Advance Online Publication (AOP)
• The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. (Nature Genetics, 2009-11-01)
• Comparative genomic and phylogeographic analysis of Mycobacterium leprae (Nature Genetics, 2009-11-01)
• Differential methylation of tissue- and cancer-specific CpG island shores distinguishes human induced pluripotent stem cells, embryonic stem cells and fibroblasts (Nature Genetics, 2009-11-01)