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HHMI Bulletin May 2012 Nicole Kresge	Locating a Genetic Glitch A team of 41 scientists led by HHMI investigator Louis Ptacek has pinpointed the gene responsible for a rare disease that causes sudden, uncontrollable movements. The culprit is a little known protein that may be responsible for communication between neurons.
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Chemistry World March 21, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Nanoparticles successfully deliver RNA interference in cancer patients The system aims to exploit the phenomenon of RNA interference, where short sequences of double-stranded RNA, called small interfering RNA or siRNA, can trigger the disruption of the manufacture of certain proteins in a cell.
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Reactive Reports October 2006 David Bradley	RNA Chemistry Zips Up Nobel Prize If Watson and Crick unlocked the mystery of DNA's structure, then Stanford University's Roger Kornberg and his team unzipped the secret of how the cell converts DNA into the RNA needed to make proteins.
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HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Cassandra Willyard	A Faster Knockout With a virus, a needle, and an ultrasound machine, researchers have drastically cut the time it takes to disable a gene in mice.
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IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Schoenbach et al.	Zap Extreme voltage could be a surprisingly delicate tool in the fight against cancer. The list of effects that scientists have achieved using nanoseconds-long pulses is growing rapidly, though their actual use as a medical treatment is still years away.
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Nicole Kresge	Protein Precision in the Brain with CSF Two causes of autism arise from opposite cellular mechanisms. Too much or too little protein production at the synapse between neurons can cause autism and intellectual disability.
Chemistry World October 4, 2006 Bea Perks	Good Year for RNA Roger Kornberg, professor of structural biology at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2006 Nobel prize in chemistry for his work on the molecular basis of transcription.
Popular Mechanics September 2006 Ben Harder	Seeking Immunity Pathogens like West Nile virus show no respect for borders. But a new class of vaccines may soon keep them in check.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 Brian Orelli	Everybody Loves RNAi Roche is the latest firm to (over)pay for the hottest new drug technology. Alnylam announced that it licensed some of its intellectual property to Roche for $331 million. Investors, take note.
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Chemistry World July 6, 2007 Michael Gross	Predicting How Proteins Fold Researchers in Italy and the UK have now developed a computational approach that can simulate the folding of membrane proteins in atomic detail.