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Four-in-one HIV pill may be exception among combination drugs
A dance with death: Alvin Ailey premieres hip-hop ballet inspired by AIDS
UNAIDS-backed reports sing the same tune but stay silent on funding crunch
PrEP trial successes prompt cost-effectiveness questions
Cheap drugs pulled despite wealth gap in middle-income countries
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AIDS
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Four-in-one HIV pill may be exception among combination drugs
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A dance with death: Alvin Ailey premieres hip-hop ballet inspired by AIDS
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UNAIDS-backed reports sing the same tune but stay silent on funding crunch
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PrEP trial successes prompt cost-effectiveness questions
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Cheap drugs pulled despite wealth gap in middle-income countries
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Campaign 2008
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Science on the mall
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What were they thinking?
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Day of service—for Science
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Obama-mania and the science appointments
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Missing hope
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Cancer
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Breast cancer approval revoked for problem-plagued Avastin
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First drugs found to inhibit elusive cancer target
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Largest study of home-testing for HPV underscores its promise — and problems
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Cancer drugs find a companion with new diagnostic tests
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Panel recommends against PSA testing for all age groups
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Daily Dose
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Researchers promise universal flu vaccine — yet again
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The Daily Dose - A double dose for the 4th of July
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The Daily Dose - Physicians on call
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The Daily Dose - The writer who couldn't read
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The Daily Dose - The epigenome at a glance
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Diabetes and metabolism
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Mysteries about drug metabolism in the obese weigh on doctors
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FDA committee votes down first-of-a-kind diabetes drugs
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Cancer concerns emerge about experimental diabetes drug ahead of FDA evaluation
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Nuclear leak reinforces need for drugs to combat radiation
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Review of data supports virus link to diabetes
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Drugs, drugs and more drugs
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Pfizer braces for big hit after generic versions of Lipitor hit the market
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Common autism pathway opens the door for new drug treatments
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New drug pathways under investigation for ALS
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Breast cancer approval revoked for problem-plagued Avastin
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Antimalarial armament remains strong, despite lingering concerns over drug resistance
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Environment
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Screening sunscreens
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This is your city on drugs
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The lead made me do it
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Tossing back mercury
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Genetics
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Study challenges genetic conventions in personalized medicine
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Straight talk with... Steve Brown
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New mouse models of autism highlight need for standardized tests
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NEWS FEATURE: Autism, authenticated
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Sequencing projects bring age-old wisdom to genomics
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Journal club
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Tales of Brown Fat
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Stress as a therapy?
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Strong Nature
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Thin and happy
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The wrong target
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Malaria
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Antimalarial armament remains strong, despite lingering concerns over drug resistance
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Better animal models needed for malaria vaccine development, experts say
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New malaria studies challenges us to think outside the net
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Malaria vaccine holds strong in trial
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India's hidden malaria burden
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Neuroscience / mental health
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Reprogrammed neurons reveal drug lead for incurable childhood disease
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Common autism pathway opens the door for new drug treatments
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New drug pathways under investigation for ALS
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NEWS FEATURE: A raw nerve
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EDITORIAL: Risk-takers wanted
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Odds and ends
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I heart Facebook: Scientists turn to social networks to study cardiovascular health
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Stanford program gives discoveries a shot at commercialization
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Graphic design in pharma ads traces the history of healthcare
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Python fatty acids could provide heart repair treatment
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New patent sharing scheme targets neglected diseases, but with a possible catch
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Podcasts
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PODCAST: Trash talk
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PODCAST: Medicinephilia
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PODCAST: On second inspection
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PODCAST: Snake bite treatment, vaginal disease, gut pathogens & monkey immunity
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PODCAST: Close to the bone
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Policy
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Bone marrow donors can be paid, US court rules
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Global Fund halts new funding until 2014
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WHO's the boss: Chan set to stay at the helm of the global health agency
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Harsher penalties proposed to counter counterfeit drug peddlers
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Research organizations push back against clinical trials directive
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NEWS FEATURE: Breaking the silence
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Q&A: A healthy chat with the Center for Global Development's health policy leader
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Four-in-one HIV pill may be exception among combination drugs
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New HCV drugs trigger race for more tolerable therapies
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A retrospective of retractions: the striking record in 2011
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Scientific publishing
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Centenarian genetics study retracted
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New dimensions in molecular modeling
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Nature Medicine wants you!
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Canadian biomedical research gets central repository
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Get an editorial job at Nature Medicine!
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Stem cells / cloning
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Reprogrammed neurons reveal drug lead for incurable childhood disease
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Geron abandons stem cell research
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Mississippi votes against embryos’ human rights, but national debate continues
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First stem cells created from cloned human embryos — but they’re triploid
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First embryonic stem cell trial approved outside the US
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swine flu
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Broad-acting antibody brings researchers one step closer to a universal flu shot
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Immunity to swine flu raises hopes for long-lasting universal shot
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New vaccines set for upcoming flu season
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Antibody against avian flu shuts down swine flu, too
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Getting ahead of the next pandemic
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Tuberculosis
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Childhood tuberculosis treatment remains imprecise science
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Good reason TB nervous
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TB's day in the sun
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That "ancient" scourge, TB
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TB or not TB
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Uncategorized
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blah blah blah
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problem blob
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I'm a sanity chicken ya varmint
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Video
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Dual device reveals blocked arteries with fine-scale molecular and anatomical detail
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SNL imagines HPV-vaccine-administering doll
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VIDEO: The war is on to replace warfarin
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VIDEO: Björk’s infectious new tune comes as an educational biology app
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VIDEO: Electronic skin monitors body vitals
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Women's world
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NEWS FEATURE: The vagina catalogues
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Breast isn't always best
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I like… my breast cancer activism with substance
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Post-abortion syndrome: a diagnosis that fails to deliver
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Contraceptives with benefits
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World watch
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Even if Somalia's turmoil subsides, famine might increase long-term disease risk for survivors
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Winning hearts and minds to beat polio
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To combat Haitian cholera epidemic, researchers look to vaccines and early detection techniques
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Disaster in the time of cholera
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Tobacco trends suggest challenges ahead
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Study challenges genetic conventions in personalized medicine
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