Nature Medicine - Current issue : November 2008, Volume 14 No 11
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US researchers await science appointments by next president
Report by Amber DanceBarack Obama's choice of officials—his science advisor, secretary of the HHS, director of the NIH—will serve as an indication of the policies that researchers can expect for the next four years.
Focus
Reproductive biology
In what direction is the field of reproductive biology moving? This focus identifies the recent papers with the most impact in the discipline and identifies the key issues that are shaping our thinking in this field.
News & views
Mastering the metabolic mind
Community CornerRecent data indicate that suppressing IKK-beta or endoplasmic reticulum stress might be protective against obesity and glucose intolerance. What do the experts think?
News & views
Tuning up transplantation
Between Bedside and BenchThis month in B2B, R. Broady and M. Levings examine the idea that statins might help control GVHD, and K. Wood talks about preventing organ rejection in the context of the 'Edmonton protocol'.
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Neuropod
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature Publishing Group. This month, it features a discussion of two Nature Medicine papers, by S.D. Yan and by H.-U.Demuth, on recent advances in Alzheimer's disease.
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