it's been a good science week so far....

[quesarah]

1. New Clues to How HIV works. Not only have researchers identified the "molecular switch" that gets turned off in HIV-specific killer T cells, they've been able (in cell culture) to turn it back on. The results are very preliminary but justifiably exciting.

2. A Biotech company has devised a simple way of creating stem cell lines without destroying an embryo. Granted, it's not revolutionary. There's no "eureka" moment. Just a simple, straightforward method to circumvent the most popular argument against stem cell research.

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This started out quite serious and is now getting strangely kinky.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Only if you're Mel Gibson.

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*gasp* Tell no one!