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10 August 2011

From mice to men

Lab mice (the animal, not the pointing device) and their hand-crafted genomes are helping scientists crack the genetics of common human diseases. At Jackson Laboratory in the USA, researchers searching through the complicated array of genes that play a role in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, a fatal lung disease in infants, may have found the cause.

This target gene is also known to be involved in heart defects. But, how certain are the research team in their find and what challenges - biological or technical - do they face in proving their research.

Adrian Giordani
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Catching Alzheimer's in the act

Like a thief hidden in the brain, the neurodegenerative disease called Alzheimer's steals away memory as it gradually destroys brain cells, changing personalities and disrupting lives in the process.

Morgan McCorkle
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Cheap, green buildings for all?

Could every person live and work in cheap, environment-friendly buildings? It might be possible soon, as a team from Italy help to revolutionise the building industry.

Jacqui Hayes
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Dam methane
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New release of EGI's first unified middleware distribution

The walls are coming down - the middleware walls that is. The European Grid Infrastructure has released the first version of its Unified Middleware Distribution called UMD 1.0.0. Now scientists using the grid will be able to plug in their proprietary middlewares into an integrated and stable middleware solution.

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