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Cool Movie: Glow-in-the-Dark Salamanders Marc Zimmer • Connecticut College Salamanders glow green under blue light, showing off GFP—a fluorescent protein that has become one of the most useful tools in biomedical research. More...			Quick Links Browse Past Issues Subscribe or Unsubscribe View Cool Image Gallery Request a Biomedical Beat Bookmark Link to Us
Mother and Daughter Cells Divide Differently Frederick Cross • Rockefeller University In budding yeast, two proteins help daughter cells know when they're ready to divide. More...	A Better Way to Mend Hearts Kelly Stevens and Chuck Murry • University of Washington A research duo uses a mix of cells to make a human tissue patch that holds promise for repairing heart damage. More...	Predicting Side Effects and Repurposing Drugs Bryan Roth • UNC-Chapel Hill Brian Shoichet • University of California, San Francisco Thousands of previously unknown drug-protein associations may help scientists predict medicines' unwanted side effects. More...	Revealing TB's Strategy Reuben Peters • Iowa State University Scientists learn how the pathogen that causes tuberculosis can evade our immune defenses. More...

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