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News from August 2012

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News from July 2012

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News from March 2012

“Speaking Multiple Languages May Help Delay Dementia Symptoms” (See Our Press Release)
Trends in Cognitive Sciences featured in NPR, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, CBC News & The Telegraph

 “New Lupus Genes Identified”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in MSN Health & US News & World Reports

“How Stress Affects Our Health” (See Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in The Huffington Post

“Scientists identify gene mutation in breast cancer”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in ABC Premium News & Sky News Australia

“Drugs Previously Thought to Be Toxic May Stop Spread of Cancer”
Cancer Cell featured in Health.com & philly.com

 “Self-centered kids may just have immature brains” (See Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in ABC Local

 “Improved Stem Cell Line May Avoid Cancer Risk: Study”
Cell Stem Cell featured in US News & World Reports

“Plants can talk to each other: research”
Trends in Plant Sciences featured in Western Australian Today, Austrailian Geographic & Sydney Morning Herald

“'Big baby' gene comes only from mum”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in BBC News , The Mirror & MSN

“Humans walked upright to carry scarce resources”
Current Biology featured in Smithsonian Magazine, ABC News & National Geographic - Japan

“Pavlov and placebos could reduce the side-effects of drug treatments”
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences featured in Guardian

“The Sawfish is a Great Slasher”
Current Biology featured in Smithsonian Magazine

“Giant squids' giant eyes: The better to see hungry whales with” (See Our Press Release & See Our Media Image)
Current Biology featured in All Things Considered - NPR, BBC News, Fox News, MSNBC, The Huffington Post , Discovery Channel News, Wired, Discover Magazine, The Scientist & The Mirror

“Genetic researcher watches his own diabetes develop” (See Our Press Release)
Cell featured in Los Angeles Times , Nature, Science, MSN Health, San Francisco Chronicle

 “Brain Scans Suggest How Alzheimer's Spreads” (See Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in US News & World Report, MSN Health & Yahoo! Health

 “Team sheds light on upright walking”
Current Biology featured in The Independent & The Daily Mail

“HIV – 1 infection cure lies in vaccination” (See Our Press Release)
Immunity featured in The Atlantic, Times of India & Yahoo!

 “Children under six 'inherently selfish'” (See Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in MSN, Yahoo! News, Sky News Australia & Times of India

“A Workout Can Change Your DNA” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in NPR, Glamour Magazine & Jezebel

“Sawfish don't saw” (See Our Press Release & Watch Video)
The New York Times & The Huffington Post

 “Women's Health Triva - Fascinating Facts About Women's Bodies - Oprah.com”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in O, The Oprah Magazine

“Enzyme plays peekaboo with blood clots” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Reports featured in Sky News Australia

 “Teen stress may have deep impact” (See Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“The genetic tweak that 'could help us stay cancer free and remain thin no matter how” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in The Daily Mail

 “A protein may help burn calories faster”
Cell Metabolism featured in UPI.com

“Body's 'Marijuana' May Be Key to Diet Pill”
Cell Metabolism featured in MSNBC

 “A trip to the gym alters DNA” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in TIME, The Today Show, Fox News,  CBS News, The Huffington Post, Nature, Swedish TV,  The Daily Mail, The Atlantic, New Scientist

 “Marijuana messes up working memory” (See Our Press Release)
Cell featured in BBC News, Fox News, CBS News,  The Guardian,  Nature , UPI.com, US News & World Report, The Atlantic, Discover Magazine, CNET

“Self-Centered Kids May Just Have Immature Brains” (See Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in MSNBC, US News & World Report, MSN Health & Baby Center Magazine

“Sawfish don't saw” (See Our Press Release & Watch Video)
Current Biology featured in BBC News , MSNBC, Discovery Channel News, Nature & Science News

 “Genetic Tweak Helps Mice Avoid Cancer, Obesity: Study” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in MSN & Yahoo! News

“9 New Lessons We've Learned About Sleep And Health” (See Our Press Release)
Immunity featured in The Huffington Post

“Basque Origins Predate Arrival of Farmers in Iberian Peninsula, DNA Analysis Finds”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in National Geographic

 “Blocking a Marijuana-Like Brain Chemical Helps Mice Stay Slim”
Cell Metabolism featured in ABC News & The Daily Mail

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News from February 2012

“Really? The Claim: Your body clock can determine when you get sick.”
Immunity featured in The New York Times

 “‘Scary stuff’ promts fish to flee from danger” (See Our Press Release with Video)
Current Biology featured in Nature Newsblog, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine & Epoch Times

“Drug may be near for cancer's companion condition cachexia”
Cell featured in Los Angeles Times (for a 2010 study)

 “Inflammatory circuit that triggers breast cancer”
Molecular Cell featured in Yahoo!

“New research says diabetes may begin in the intestines”
Cell Host and Microbe featured in San Antonio Express-News

 “Benign bacterium could be vital tool in fight against HIV”
Chemistry and Biology featured in Yahoo!

 “How brain choreographs eye-arm movement coordination”
Neuron featured in Yahoo!

“Genome Map Might Help Save Tasmanian Devil From Extinction” See Our Press Release, See Image 1, See Image 2
Cell featured in BBC News, MSNBC, The Huffington Post,  MSN, Nature, US News & World Report, Chicago Tribune & UPI.com

“To kill off parasites, an insect self-medicates with alcohol” See Our Press Release (Video and Image made available for press/media)
Current Biology featured in New York Times, NPR,  PBS NewsHour, MSNBC ,  The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, Scientific American, New Scientist

“Body clock 'alters' immune system” See Our Press Release
Immunity featured in BBC News, The Huffington Post & The Daily Mail

 “Field Museum exhibit puts Genghis Khan’s modern-day progeny in the millions”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Chicago Sun-Times & ABC Local

 “Father, son develop drug to fight brain diseases”
Cell featured in San Francisco Chronicle

“Autistic brains change early”
Current Biology featured in USA Today

 “Vision of cuttlefish offers surprises”
Current Biology featured in UPI.com

“Aspirin's role in cancer mystery explained by scientists” (See Our Press Release)
Cancer Cell featured in FOX News, Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, AOL News,  Sky News, MSN & Examiner 

“4 New Genes Linked to Type 2 Diabetes” (See Our Press Release)
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in MSN & US News & World Report

“Consciousness Emerges”
Trends in Cognitive Sciences featured in Science News

“Cancer Drug Today, Alzheimer’s Drug Tomorrow? Hopeful Results in Mouse Study”
Trends in Neuroscience featured in Discover Magazine

 “Promising obesity-drug candidate destroys bone, studies say”
Cell featured in Los Angeles Times , Baltimore Sun & Chicago Tribune

 “Sex and parenting genes found in mice” (See Press Release)
Cell featured in The Today Show, MSNBC, Jezebel & The Scientist  

 “Super Plants: Could Re-Wired Plants Be the New Cancer Killers?” (See Press Release)
Trends in Plant Sciences featured in US News & World Reports

 “Scientists May Be Closer to Developing 'Red Wine' Drug”
Cell featured in MSN, US News & World Report, Yahoo! & UPI.com

“Is This Russian Landscape the Birthplace of Native Americans?”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in National Geographic

“Eating to Affect Your Mood?”
Neuron featured in Yahoo!

“Working long hours linked to depression”
Current Biology featured in Chicago Tribune

 “Alzheimer’s discovery could curb spread of disease, researchers say”
Neuron featured in San Francisco Chronicle & Toronto Star

“Your genes to dictate medical treatment?”
Cell featured in MSN

 “Brain mechanisms 'link foods to rising obesity rates'”
Cell Metabolism featured in Yahoo!

 “Shinya Yamanaka on “New Era of Medicine with iPS Cells” at The Cell Press–TNQ India”
Cell Press/TNQ Lecture Series featured in Sify

 “Out of Africa and out of Siberia” (See Our Press Release)
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in The History Channel, The Daily Mail, MSN Health, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo! Health, Examiner, Times of India & Discover Magazine

“Autism can be detected in babies, say scientists” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in BBC News , The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times,  Chicago Tribune , The Guardian, MSN, US News & World Reports , ABC Local , Baltimore Sun, Times of India, The Telegraph & WebMD

“Alzheimer’s Spreads Like a Virus in the Brain, Studies Find”
Neuron featured in The New York Times

“A New Target in Fighting Brain Disease: Metals”
Neuron and Cell featured in Wall Street Journal

“Toxin plays role urinary tract infections”
Cell Host and Microbe featured in UPI.com

“'Human enhancement' comes a step closer”
Current Biology featured in BBC News

 “Sex life of worm hides a protein with links to ALS”
Developmental Cell featured in New Scientist

“IRCM researchers fuel an important debate in the field of molecular biology”
Molecular Cell featured in Yahoo! Finance

 “Vitamin biosynthesis find could lead to novel anti-malaria drug”
Structure featured in Yahoo! India

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News from January 2012

“Study Hints That Statins Might Fight Breast Cancer” (See Our Press Release)
Cell featured in USA Today , Nature , MSN Health, US News & World Reports, AOL,  The Telegraph,  The Daily Mail, ABC News, Yahoo! & Examiner

“Protein That Controls Movement Does the Opposite in Parkinson’s”
Neuron featured in U.S. News & World Report, Health.com, MSN Health & Yahoo! Health

“Pigeons are world's most varied birds, find surprised scientists” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in Science, UPI & Mirror

“Gene role in gullet cancer studied”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in MSN

“Found: Cells that can help prevent spread of cancer”
Cancer Cell featured in Times of India

“How E. coli triggers urinary infections”
Cell Host and Microbe featured in Yahoo!

“Insulin’s role in obesity is finally being understood”
Cell Metabolism featured in The Economist (from Jun 2011 print issue, now online)

Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Neuron was mentioned on The Big Bang Theory. You can watch the episode here http://t.co/F7lrzh0O .  Starting at minute 3:20, watch Mayim Biakik’s character mention that her scientific research will be featured on the cover of Neuron. Check out this mock cover featuring the character’s fictitious research made by Kate Mahan http://ow.ly/i/q63G.

“Is Spider-Man Body Armor Finally Within Reach?”
Biophysical Journal featured in FOX News

“Placebo Cell”
Cell Stem Cell featured in Nature

“Fungi can help rein in lead pollution” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in Yahoo!  

“Cancer drugs that aim to shrink tumours by cutting blood supply can actually help them”
Cancer Cell featured in The Daily Mail

“'Extinct' tortoises may still be roaming a Galapagos island”
Current Biology featured in Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun & Yahoo! News 

“Some cancer drugs might aid tumours”
Cancer Cell featured in MSN

“Bumper crop from new maize gene?”
Current Biology featured in CNN-IBN

“Dogs and kids -- not all that different, study finds ”
Current Biology featured in Chicago Tribune  

“Genes behind common muscular disease identified”
Developmental Cell featured in Yahoo!  

Baby monkeys with 6 genomes are a first” (See Our Press Release & See Images)
Cell featured in BBC News, Today Show, Fox News, USA Today,  Reuters (video),  Huffington Post,  Sky News, Telegraph, Discover Magazine, The Guardian, Scientific American, Wired, The Daily Mail, MSNBC, New Scientist & The Onion

'Extinct' Galapagos tortoise may still exist” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in BBC News, ABC News, CBS News , Today Show,  TIME, MSNBC, Huffington Post,  USA Today,The Daily Mail, Yahoo! News,  UPI, Telegraph, Nature, CBC News, Sky News, MSN, The Daily Mail 

“Dogs, like babies, detect subtle communication cues” (See Our Press Release & See Image)
Current Biology featured in The New York Times, ABC News, CBS News, MSNBC, Huffington Post, USA Today,   Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe,  Sky News, FOX News, Telegraph, WebMD, CBC News, Examiner, Science, MSN, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo! News, UPI 

“Heart Failure, Diabetes Might Be Linked by Protein” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in MSN,  U.S. News & World Report & ABC News (Local)

“Eye Spy: Stem Cells Discovered in Eyeball” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Stem Cell featured in Yahoo! News, MSN & CBC News

“Shape-Shifting: Researchers Change How Monkeys See in 3-D” (See Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in Scientific American

“Age-related effect of MS may be reversible”
Cell Stem Cell featured in UPI, Press Association, Mirror & MSN 

“Molecular ‘Culprit’ Linked To Rise Of Planetary Oxygen”
Structure featured in RedOrbit & Yahoo!

“Why Work Makes Muscles Grow” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in Yahoo! News

Chimps 'warn others about danger'” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in BBC News, USA Today,  The Guardian, The Daily Mail, MSN & UPI

Stem cells may help damaged heart mend itself'” (See Our Press Release)
Chemistry & Biology featured in The Huffington Post, CNN-IBN & The Daily Mail

“Scientists Probe the Origins of Dyslexia” (See Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in Health.com,   MSN,  U.S. News & World Report & WebMD

“Toddlers Hear Their Own Words Differently, Says Study” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in ABC News,  ABC News Radio, U.S. News & World Report,  Health.com & The Telegraph

“Sense of touch could be thanks to 'hair follicles in our skin'” (See Press Release)
Cell featured in The Daily Mail & Wired Magazine

“Why Work Makes Muscles Grow” (See Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in Yahoo!  

“How Hungry Mosquitoes Cool Themselves (See Press Release)
Current Biology featured in The New York Times & Scientific American  

“Quit Yer Itchin  : 5 common conditions that make you scratch--and a remedy for each one”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Women's Health Magazine 

“Yale Researchers Learn How Skin Cancer Spreads, Warn About Use of Tanning Beds”
Cancer Cell featured in Hartford Courant

“Discovery could lead memory-enhancing pill out of realm of science fiction”
Cell featured in Canada.com 

“Your own brain thwarts diet with 'feed me' signals”
Cell Metabolism featured in MSNBC

“Scientists tickle animals to find laughter clues”
Current Biology featured in BBC News  

“Pessimistic dogs have more separation anxiety”
Current Biology featured in MSNBC

 “Child abuse changes the brain, study finds”
Current Biology featured in MSNBC  

“Scientists address anosmia, loss of sense of smell”
Neuron featured in San Francisco Chronicle

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News from December 2011

Chimps 'warn others about danger'” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in BBC News, USA Today,  The Guardian, The Daily Mail, MSN & UPI

“'Stem cells may help damaged heart mend itself'” (See Our Press Release)
Chemistry & Biology featured in The Huffington Post, CNN-IBN & The Daily Mail

“Scientists Probe the Origins of Dyslexia” (See Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in Health.com,   MSN,  U.S. News & World Report & WebMD

“Toddlers Hear Their Own Words Differently, Says Study” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in ABC News,  ABC News Radio, U.S. News & World Report,  Health.com & The Telegraph

“Sense of touch could be thanks to 'hair follicles in our skin'” (See Press Release)
Cell featured in The Daily Mail & Wired Magazine

“Why Work Makes Muscles Grow” (See Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in Yahoo!

“How Hungry Mosquitoes Cool Themselves (See Press Release)
Current Biology featured in The New York Times & Scientific American

 “Quit Yer Itchin  : 5 common conditions that make you scratch--and a remedy for each one”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Women's Health Magazine

 “Yale Researchers Learn How Skin Cancer Spreads, Warn About Use of Tanning Beds”
Cancer Cell featured in Hartford Courant

“Discovery could lead memory-enhancing pill out of realm of science fiction”
Cell featured in Canada.com

“Your own brain thwarts diet with 'feed me' signals”
Cell Metabolism featured in MSNBC

“Scientists tickle animals to find laughter clues”
Current Biology featured in BBC News

 “Pessimistic dogs have more separation anxiety”
Current Biology featured in MSNBC

 “Child abuse changes the brain, study finds”
Current Biology featured in MSNBC

 “Scientists address anosmia, loss of sense of smell”
Neuron featured in San Francisco Chronicle

 “Gene Mutation Helps Clear Fats From Blood, Study Finds” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in The Huffington Post , MSN, The Daily Mail, AOL News, Health.com & US News & World Reports

“Cabbie training 'changes brains'” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in NPR, BBC News, USA Today, FOX News, The Huffington Post,  New Scientist, MSN, UPI, The Telegraph, US News & World Reports, Nature, Wired, Mirror, Scientific American &  Yahoo! News

“Child abuse changes brain, study shows” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in MSNBC , CBS News, Chicago Tribune, The Today Show , TIME, USA Today,  The Daily Mail, MSN, The Huffington Post, Reuters & Yahoo! News

“Bold mice yield a clue about anxiety”
Cell featured in Boston Globe
 
“Yale Researchers Learn How Skin Cancer Spreads, Warn About Use of Tanning Beds”
Cancer Cell featured in Chicago Tribune

“Scientists discover 'master switch' that stops cancer cells from growing”
Cancer Cell featured in The Daily Mail

“Dreams Can Heal Mental Wounds”
Current Biology featured in The Atlantic

“The Aryan Race: Time to Forget About It?”
Amercian Journal of Human Genetics featured in TIME (blog)

“Monarch butterfly genome sequenced” (Read Our Press Release) Image made available to press and media.
Cell featured in Boston Globe, US News & World Reports,  iVillage, Science News, Scientific American & MSN Health

“Short people have 'shortage' of genes” (Read Our Press Release)
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in US News & World Reports, Mail Online, Telegraph, Times of India, Yahoo!

“Dreaming 'eases painful memories’”
Current Biology featured in BBC News, The Guardian, National Geographic, CNN-IBN, The Daily Mail, MSN, The Telegraph, Times of India, Yahoo!  & UPI

“Fight afternoon slump with protein” (Read Our Press Release)
Neuron featured in The Huffington Post , Boston Globe, dLife - CNBC, Globe and Mail, & Yahoo! News

“Getting a Handle on Why 4 Equals Green”
Current Biology featured in New York Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 “FAQs: Schizophrenia”
Neuron featured in CBC News

"In Body’s Shield Against Cancer, a Culprit in Aging May Lurk”
Cell featured in New York Times

"How brain helps weaving words into sentences”
Neuron featured in Yahoo!

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News from November 2011

“Squid and octopus switch camouflage according to which enemies are close” (See Our Press Release and See Video)
Current Biology featured in The New York Times, BBC News, Guardian,  MSNBC,  Discovery Channel,  Scientific American (blog) & The Daily Mail

 “Genes linked to multiple diseases”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in BBC News & Yahoo! News

“Can Red Wine Help With Weight Loss?” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in The Huffington Post

 “Go to work on an egg - and it'll keep you awake and help you burn calories! Advice of the”
Neuron featured in The Daily Mail

“Scientists stumble upon 'stop cancer' gene”
Cancer Cell featured in Times of India

 “Tiny Worms Change Direction Using Human-Like Neural Circuits”
Cell featured in CBS Local

 “Eat Your Green Vegetables: How to Keep Your Intestinal Tract Healthy”
Cell featured in The Atlantic

 “UCLA biologists have identified a gene that slows the aging process”
Cell Metabolism featured in Examiner

 “Skin Reacts to UV Light Faster Than Thought, Study Finds” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in Health.com, US News & World Report, New Scientist, Discovery Channel News & The Daily Mail Online

“Mouse sperm could help with human infertility” (See Our Press Release)
Cell featured in The Today Show

“Red wine ingredient may improve health of obese men” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in CBS News & UPI

“Study finds autistic toddlers' brains out of sync”
Neuron featured in MSNBC

 “Fruit fly intestine hold the key to fountain of youth?”
Cell Metabolism featured in MSN

“Pessimistic dogs have more separation anxiety”
Current Biology featured in MSNBC

 “Your own brain thwarts diet with 'feed me' signals”
Cell Metabolism featured in MSNBC

“Brains Are Wired For Cooperation, Animal Study Suggests”
Current Biology featured in The Huffington Post

 “Daylight Saving Time's Effects on the Body”
Current Biology featured in Associated Content

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News from October 2011

“Red Wine Ingredient Mimics Diet, Exercise” (See Our Press Release)
Cell Metabolism featured in ABC News, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, MSN, Nature, UPI, Time, US News, USA Today, Washington Post, Star Tribune,  WebMD & The Daily Telegraph  

“Lucid dreams are window into sleep” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in The Economist, AOL, CBS News, FOX News, Science ,The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, Yahoo! News & New Scientist

“Seaweeds said vulnerable to climate change” (See Our Press Release)
Current Biology featured in CBS News, Discovery Channel News & UPI

 “Want to look younger? Forget the Botox and just eat less”
Molecular Cell featured in The Daily Mail

 “Asians, Too, Mated With Archaic Humans, DNA Hints”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in National Geographic

“Hawaiian honeycreepers and their tangled evolutionary tree”
Current Biology featured in The Guardian

 “Tenofovir gel reduces risk of genital herpes and HIV, study shows” (Read our Press Release)
Cell Host and Microbe featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, US News & World Report, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun Hartford Courant, Orlando Sentinel

“Exposed: The Reason Saturated Fats Are So Damaging to Health”
Cell featured in The Atlantic

 “Like in humans, culture influences ape behaviour”
Current Biology featured in Yahoo! News

 “Like in humans, culture influences ape behaviour”
Current Biology featured in MSN

“Humans reached Asia in two waves”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Science News

“Children Like Teamwork More Than Chimps Do”
Current Biology featured in The New York Times, ABC News, Yahoo! News, MSNBC, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, U.S. News & World Report & MSN Health

“Research on embryonic stem cell cloning advances”
Cell Stem Cell featured in The Boston Globe

“Among insects, 'chivalry' isn't dead”
Current Biology featured in ABC News, The New York Times, MSNBC, The Daily Mail, Chicago Sun-Times & USA Today

“Eating your greens is good for your gut”
Cell featured in The Daily Mirror, UPI, NBC - NewYork, New York Daily News & MSN

“Are Bees Sad on Wednesday?”
Current Biology featured in The New York Times

“Drug targets breast cancer protein”
Cancer Cell featured in MSN

 “How Bubble-Rafting Snails Evolved”
Current Biology featured in National Geographic & Science

“Sex hormone behind age-related weight gain”
Cell Metabolism featured in Times of India

“The brain takes special notice of winning”
Neuron featured in UPI, MSN & Yahoo! News

 “'Autistic' Mice Help Researchers Study Disorder”
Cell featured in FOX News & Yahoo! News

“Hormone Orexin May Help Control Weight Gain, Study Finds”
Cell Metabolism featured in FOX News & Shape Magazine

“Stem cell progress highlights technical, legal hurdles to research”
Cell Stem Cell featured in Boston Globe, Associated Press,  Harvard University Gazette, The New Scientist

“CYTOKINE STORMS”
Cell featured in Wall Street Journal (subscription needed)

“New mouse model for autism could open door to new drug testing”
Cell featured in Nature Newsblog

“Some fatty acids can be beneficial too”
Cell featured in Times of India

“Natural Compound Helps Reverse Diabetes in Mice”
Cell Metabolism featured in dLife - CNBC, Times of India, io9, Yahoo! News & The Daily Mail

“Brain Cells Prefer Whole Faces”                                   
Current Biology featured in Yahoo! News

“The brain takes special notice of winning”
Neuron featured in UPI

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News from September 2011

 “Brain Scans Let Computer Reconstruct Movie Scenes”
Current Biology featured in NPR , FOX News, MSNBC, ABC News, Huffington Post, Forbes,  San Francisco Chronicle,  AARP, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Houston Chronicle, MSN, Yahoo! News, IMDB, The Telegraph & New Scientist

 “Aborigines first humans to settle Asia”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in BBC News ,  Nature , MSNBC, CBS News, ABC News, Daily Telegraph, Yahoo! News, Boston Globe & Yahoo! News

“Glowing millipede sends warning to late-night munchers”
Current Biology featured in MSNBC, New Scientist & Yahoo

 “Magnetic Field May Cause MRI-Induced Vertigo”
Current Biology featured in MSN & The Daily Mail

“New Genetic Mutation is the Most Common Cause of Familial Forms of Frontotemporal”
Neuron featured in MSN , Miami Herald & Examiner

“Scientists renew muscle tissue”
Chemistry and Biology featured in MSN

“Stress and Your Hair”
Cell featured in WebMD

 “The Secret to Skinny: Be Social”
Cell Metabolism featured in Allure

 “ALS, dementia clues uncovered by gene study”
Neuron featured in CNN, CBS News, The Today Show, Chicago Tribune, MSNBC, Reuters, Yahoo!, U.S. News & World Report & Vancouver Sun

“Social butterflies (or social mice) may be skinnier”
Cell Metabolism featured in MSNBC

“Global warming brings exotic fish to British waters but at a cost”
Current Biology featured in BBC News & The Guardian

 “Defective gene can strip you of fingerprints”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in CNN-IBN & Times of India

 “Fish oil pills may reduce chances of surviving cancer”
Cancer Cell featured in The Globe and Mail

New Way to Treat Aggressive Breast Cancer
Molecular Cell featured in Yahoo! News

 “Scientists discover pathway that could protect brain”
Molecular Cell featured in Jerusalem Post

 “Zinc 'essential' to nerve contacts”
Neuron featured in MSN & Yahoo!

 “Fish oils block chemotherapy drug”
Cancer Cell featured in BBC News, MSN, The Independent,  The Telegraph & Yahoo!

 “Babies Feel Pain at 35 to 37 Weeks of Development, Experts Say”
Current Biology featured in ABC News

 “Scientists Discover Genetic Mutation that Causes Parkinson's Disease”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Yahoo! News

 “Tensha Therapeutics Completes $15 Million Series A Financing to Advance Selective”
Cell featured in San Francisco Chronicle & Yahoo! News

“Learning how gut bacteria influence health: Scientists crack sparse genome of microbe”
Cell Host and Microbe featured in ScienceDaily

 “Biological process may help fight cholesterol, heart disease: Study”
Cell Metabolism featured in Canada, The Vancouver Sun & Yahoo!  

 “New obesity fighting strategy”
Cell Metabolism featured in Examiner & Science News

 “Heart Benefits of Paprika”
Cell Metabolism featured in Livestrong.com

 “Beating enzyme to curb breast cancer?”
Molecular Cell featured in MSN

 “Could socializing help keep you thin?”
Cell Metabolism featured in  TIME Magazine, BBC News, MSNBC,  AOL, MSN , Times of India, The Vancouver Sun & Columbus Dispatch

“Fatty skin cell clue to baldness”
Cell featured in BBC News , MSNBC,  Forbes , TIME Magazine, MSN, U.S. News & World Report &  Everyday Health

 “Eye scientists spot short-sightedness gene”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in AllVoices, Jerusalem Post & ScienceDaily

“The Infant Brain Can Be Trained to Concentrate”
Current Biology featured in The Atlantic

 “Orchestrator Of Waste Removal Rescues Cells That Can’t Manage Their Trash”
Developmental Cell featured in Medical News Today & Science Daily

 “New Way to Treat Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer”
Molecular Cell featured in Yahoo! News

“Glucose Uptake Relies on Newly Identified Protein”
Cell Metabolism featured in dLife - CNBC

Top News for Cell Press, August 25th-August 31st, 2011

“International Group Uses 1000 Genomes-Based Imputation to ID Osteoarthritis Risk”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in USA Today

 “'Eco-Friendly' Chilean Sea Bass May Not Be So Green”
Current Biology featured in Time, Nature, Consumer Reports,  International Business Times,  Science Magazine & Science News

“Why Are Spanish Mice Resistant To A Common Poison?”
Current Biology featured in NPR, BBC News & Irish Times

 “Reading Braille Activates the Brain's Visual Area”
Current Biology featured in Scientific American

 “Breakthrough Discovery: An Obesity Gene? Gladstone Institute Study”
Molecular Cell featured in BioSpace.com

“The Gap In Memories Of Event Sequences Bridged By 'Time Cells'”
Neuron featured in Medical News Today & Popular Science

 “Substance Abuse Linked To Vulnerability To Depression”
Neuron featured in Medical News Today, Sify, Top News  & PsychCentral

“Experts find gene that raises risk of osteoarthritis”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in SmartBrief

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News from August 2011

“Think You’re Smarter Than Animals? Maybe Not”
Current Biology featured in The New York Times

“The Dieting Brain: A Cannibal”
Cell Metabolism featured in Wall Street Journal, Self Magazine & The Huffington Post

“Putting a KAP on infection”
Cell Host and Microbe featured in Nature Immunology

 “Examining the Mystery of Skeleton, Sugar and Sex”
Cell featured in The New York Times

“Fishy Store Labels on 'Sustainable Fish'”
Current Biology featured in Discovery Channel & Science

“Researchers make progress with stem cell alternative”
Cell Stem Cell featured in MSNBC

 “Scripps Research Scientists Define Cellular Pathway Essential to Removing Damaged”
Molecular Cell featured in RedOrbit & ScienceDaily

 “New mitochondrial disease clue found”
Cell featured in Yahoo! News

“UK team maps mammal brain activity”
Neuron featured in Yahoo! News

“Cancer's Secrets Come Into Sharper Focus”
Cell featured in The New York Times, CBS News & The Ledger

“Key find could prevent deadly prostate cancer”
Cancer Cell featured in CBS News & The Independent

 “Charting Brain Growth in Humans and Chimps”
Current Biology featured in The New York Times

“Childhood Eye Tumor Made Up of Hybrid Cells with Jumbled Development”
Cancer Cell featured in San Francisco Chronicle & MLive

“Scientists Highlight Link Between Stress and Appetite”
Neuron featured in U.S. News & World Report & The Globe and Mail

“Experts grow mouse sperm to help human infertility”
Cell featured in NPR , The Today Show, Wall Street Journal, FOX News,  Boston Globe, Forbes, MSN,  Time , Reuters,  QualityHealth, Yahoo! News, Baltimore Sun, The Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, BabyCenter Magazine, Star Tribune, philly.com &  Washington Times

“Creating nerve cells from skin cells offers Alzheimer’s insights”
Cell featured in Los Angeles Times , Boston Herald, Chicago Tribune & Hartford Courant

“Bummed Out Bees”
Current Biology featured in Wall Street Journal

“What Diets Really Do To Your Brain”
Cell Metabolism featured in iVillage & Star Tribune

“Starving neurons blamed for foiling dieters”
Cell Metabolism featured in CBS News, MSNBC, The Today Show, FOX News, The Telegraph, Fox 25 Boston, Sky News Australia, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times & Yahoo! News

“Weakness in Aging Tied to Leaky Muscles”
Cell Metabolism featured in Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune,  Hartford Courant & MSN 

“Brain protein and therapies for autism and fragile x syndrome”
Cell featured in Examiner

“Pollinators lured away by farmland, study shows”
Current Biology featured in BBC News

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News from July 2011

“Signaling Molecule Identified As Essential For Maintaining a Balanced Immune Response”
Immunity featured in Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle & The Street

“Today's Polar Bears Trace Ancestry To ... Ireland?”
Current Biology featured in NPR- All Things Considered (Click here to listen to audio)

“'Freaky' Mouse Is Immune to Poison”
Current Biology featured in Discovery Channel, Science News &  MSNBC

“Targeting Toxin Trafficking in Plants and Bacteria”
Developmental Cell featured in Science Daily

 “Mutations in single gene can cause Fragile X Syndrome, autism”
Cell featured in Sify

“Potential Therapies For Autism, Inherited Intellectual Disability”
Cell featured in Medical News Today

“Discovery paves way for new therapies to help fight infections during pregnancy”
Cell Host & Microbe featured in Sify

“How we visually recognize objects.”
Neuron featured in The New York Times,  The Free Library, The Ledger & Sarasota Herald-Tribune

“Insect's million sex-free years”
Current Biology featured in BBC News

“Knome’s Genome Interpretation Technology Accelerates Discovery of New Parkinson’s”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Florida Times-Union , Yahoo! News, About & Morningstar.com

 “New gene for intellectual disability discovered”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Morningstar.com

“Fish behaviour changes in front of onlookers”
Current Biology featured in MSN

“Celebrating 25 years of NF-κB”
Cell featured in Nature (for two papers published in 1986)

 “Scientists identify a role for bone in male fertility”
Cell featured in Helium

“Nim: The Little Chimp that Couldn’t.”
Current Biology featured in MSNBC

 “Polar bears descended from single brown bear”
Current Biology featured in BBC News, CBS News, USA Today, Washington Post,  Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, New Scientist, New York Post, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report, Anchorage Daily News,  Arizona Daily Star, Examiner, The Guardian, Irish Independent, Herald Sun, The Independent, iVillage, News Tribune,  The Daily Mail, Australian IT , Baltimore Sun, CBC, Yahoo! News

“Experts find rogue stem cells in liver cancer”
Cell Stem Cell featured in NPR (Southwest Affiliate), Reuters, CNBC, Yahoo! News,  Quality Health & NewsMax

“Epigenetic Pathway And New Drug Show Promise In Reversing A Hard-to-Treat”
Cancer Cell featured in San Francisco Chronicle & The Street

“Hebrew University scientists identify molecular basis for DNA breakage, which results in”
Molecular Cell featured in Jerusalem Post

“New Blood Test for Autism Seems to be On the Way From Dr. Manny - ParentDish”
Neuron featured in ParentDish

“New hope for cancer cure”
Molecular Cell featured in Yahoo! News

 “Napping: Best done while swinging”
Current Biology featured in Boston Globe

“Stem Cell "Memory" Can Boost Insulin Levels”
Cell Stem Cell featured in dLife

“Baby's brain wired for human sounds”
Current Biology featured in Today Show,  ABC News, MSNBC, New Scientist, Yahoo! News, The Telegraph, ThirdAge, The Daily Mail, Sunday Journal & CNN-IBN

“Weatherstone Fellows publish research as Autism Speaks announces 2011 Weatherstone”
Cell featured in USA Today

“Computer speech gives smart chimp extra words”
Current Biology featured in BBC News

“(Cellular) Death by Chocolate”
Cell Metabolism featured in Science, The Scientist & dLife - CNBC

“Gene mutation contributes to leukemia by enhancing function of blood stem cells”
Cancer Cell featured in PhysOrg

“Brown Fat May Help People Lose Weight, Lower Blood Sugar”
Cell Metabolism featured in ABC News

“Resistant Mice Provide Clues About Successful Immune Response To Retroviruses”
Immunity featured in RedOrbit & ScienceDaily

 “New Mechanism Used by Cells to Reverse Silenced Genes”
Cell featured in ScienceDaily & RedOrbit

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News from June 2011

“RIKEN: Mechanism for Stress-induced Epigenetic Inheritance Uncovered in New Study”
Cell featured in Boston Globe & Yahoo!

“Hammock naps are the best, research proves”
Current Biology featured in Talk of the Nation - NPR & MSNBC

“New Blood Test for Autism Seems to be On the Way”
Neuron featured in FOX News & FOX 25 Boston

 “Next-Generation Gene Sequencing Brings Personal Genomics Closer; I.D.s Disease-Causing Mutation in New Syndrome”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Houston Chronicle & San Francisco Chronicle

 “How vision process is initiated”
Chemistry and Biology featured in Yahoo! News

 “Scientists: Inbreeding helps African fish”
Current Biology featured in MSNBC

 “Autistic Toddlers Have Out-Of-Sync Brains: Study”
Neuron featured in Reuters , Yahoo! News, The Daily Mail, The Huffington Post, iVillage, Examiner & Quality Health

“Brain cells compete with each other for 'memory circuit development'”
Neuron featured in Yahoo! News

“New Research Provides Clues on Why Hair Turns Gray”
Cell featured in MSNBC, Health.com, iVillage, MSN, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo! News &  Allure

 “Need a Nap? Find a Hammock”
Current Biology featured in USA Today , NPR,  FOX News, ABC Local,  U.S. News & World Report, The Independent, Consumer Reports , New Scientist, Yahoo! News & Telegraph

“Out-of-Sync Brain May Be a Clue to Autism”
Neuron featured in FOX News, MSNBC, Reuters, Yahoo! News, WebMD, Everyday Health & U.S. News & World Report

“Study: Honeybees Might Have Feelings, Too”
Current Biology featured in NPR

 “New hope in skin cancer fight”
Cancer Cell featured in Daily Telegraph  

“Researchers Identify New Target in Cancer Fight”
Cancer Cell featured in Voice of America Television Network

“New 'powerful' vaccination strategy fights malaria better”
Cell Host and Microbe featured in Yahoo! News

 “Pill to reverse effects of heart failure on the anvil”
Molecular Cell featured in Yahoo! News

 “Scientists Pinpoint Parts of Brain That Help People Recognize Themselves”
Current Biology featured in MSN, Health & iVillage

“New Findings on Free Will”
Neuron featured in Boston Globe

“Gene Mutations Offer Clues On The Autistic Brain”
Neuron featured in NPR, Science Friday - NPR , CBS News, FOX News, Nature News, Yahoo! News, BabyCenter Magazine, Charlotte Observer, Dallas Morning News, The Denver Post, Examiner & The Independent

“An apple (peel) a day may keep atrophy away”
Cell Metabolism featured in Today Show - NBC News Network , MSN, Daily Telegraph,  Everyday Health, & Voice of America Television Network

“Single protein holds key to stifling spread of cancers”
Cancer Cell featured in MSN, Irish Independent - Online & Yahoo! News

“Scientists Study Impact of Adult Stem Cell Research”
Cell featured in U.S. News & World Report

 “Adam was African, but perhaps barely”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Discover Magazine

 “Fragile X Protein Acts As Toggle Switch In Brain Cells”
Molecular Cell featured in Medical News Today

“New 'Apes' film revisits old ideas in science”
Current Biology featured in USA Today

“Autism linked to hundreds of genetic mutations”
Neuron featured in Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, MSN, ABC Local, WebMD, Yahoo! News, ScienceNews, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune,  iVillage, & Health

“'Werewolf' gene may explain excess hair disorder”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in The Today Show, MSNBC, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo! & The Huffington Post

“An apple (peel) a day may keep atrophy away”
Cell Metabolism featured in MSNBC, The Daily Mail, Telegraph, dLife - CNBC & Yahoo!

“Bees 'can show they feel the blues'”
Current Biology featured in MSN, The Sunday Times & The Daily Mail

 “Hopes raised of blocking return of leukaemia”
Cell Stem Cell featured in BBC News & Telegraph

 “Monkeys, Like Humans, Make Bad Choices and Regret Them, Too”
Neuron featured in Time

“Huntington's disease: Enzyme offers hope, study finds”
Current Biology featured in BBC News

“Colin Firth credited in brain research”
Current Biology featured in E! Entertainment News, BBC News, Sky News, Times of India, AOL, Irish Independent, MSN &  IMDB - Internet Movie Database

“Regrets, they've had a few: monkeys offer science insights on depression”
Neuron featured in The Daily Mail, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age & Hindustan Times

“Political Ideology Linked to Food Choices”
Current Biology featured in Yahoo! News

“Scientists unravel the mysterious mechanics of spider silk”
Biophysical Journal featured in PhysOrg.com

“Insights On Humans, Parasites And Iron Deficiency From C. elegans Study”
Cell featured in Medical News Today

 “Cystic fibrosis causing bacteria may harbour deadly MRSA super bug cure”
Chemistry & Biology featured in Sify.com

 “Female-Dominated Societies Are Violent, Say Anthropologists
Current Biology featured in io9 (Science Blog)

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News from May 2011

“Adam was African, but perhaps barely”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Discover Magazine &  Nature Newsblog

“Regrets: Monkeys have them too, study finds”
Neuron featured in AZCentral , The Republic & Hartford Courant

“Health Scan: Overweight? It’s all in your head”
Cell Metabolism featured in Jerusalem Post

“Gene for tooth enamel could prevent decay”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in New Scientist

“Half of prostate cancers could be treated with new type of cancer drugs”
Cancer Cell featured in Sify

 “As the worm turns, its secrets are revealed”
Cell featured in PhysOrg

“It's Not Easy Being Green”
Current Biology featured in ScienceDaily , Epoch Times & RedOrbit

 “Row at WHO meet over smallpox virus samples”
Molecular Cell featured in Dawn

 “Can we get there from here? Translating stem cell research into therapies”
Neuron featured in PhysOrg

“How to play video games in order to work smarter”
Current Biology featured in PC World, PC Advisor & Good Gear Guide  

“Salk discovery could lead to new diabetes drugs”
Cell featured in dLife - CNBC, Medical News Today & San Diego Union-Tribune

“Take the High Road to Avoid Guilt”
Neuron featured in PsychCentral.com & Times of India

 “Color-blinding wheel wins illusion contest”
Current Biology featured in New Scientist

“Is There A Link Between Arthritis and Bacteria”
Immunity featured in ThirdAge

 “Leucine Deprivation Proves Deadly to Malignant Melanoma Cells”
Cancer Cell featured in ScienceDaily

 “Treating Melanoma & Other Cancers with Telomerase Inhibitor”
Molecular Cell featured in Associated Content from Yahoo!

“Wild Things: Yawning Chimps, Humpback Whales and More...”
Current Biology featured in Smithsonian Magazine

“Single Gene Linked to Evolution of Human Brain”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo! & iVillage (A Division of NBCUniversal)

“Study reveals new insight into molecular mechanisms of aging”
American Journal of Human Genetics featured in Yahoo!

“Scientists unlock secrets of cancer-driving enzyme”
Molecular Cell featured in MSN & Yahoo!

“The Body's Power Stations Can Affect Aging”
Molecular Cell featured in Yahoo! & Medical News Today

“New weight-loss virus causes a stir”
Cell Metabolism featured in Yahoo! & The Independent

“Scientists Turn Bad Fat Into Good Fat: Rat Study”
Cell Metabolism featured in US News & World Report

“Far-Reaching Effects of Estrogen Signaling Mapped in Breast Cancer Cells”
Cell featured in ScienceDaily & Medical News Today

“Protein Keeps Sleep-Deprived Flies Ready to Learn”
Current Biology featured in ScienceDaily

“Researchers Find Protein That Might Be Key To Cutting Cancer Cells' Blood Supply”
Developmental Cell featured in Medical News Today

“Scientists Reveal Nerve Cells' Navigation System”
Neuron featured in ScienceDaily

 “Why miRNA iPS cells might be the ticket: an A+ paper”
High praise for Cell Stem Cell featured in Knoepfler Lab Stem Cell Blog

“Scientists turn 'bad fat' into 'good fat'”
Cell Metabolism featured in BBC News

“Scientists Turn Bad Fat Into Good Fat: Rat Study”
Cell Metabolism featured in National Women's Health Information Center

“Status 'determines brain's reactions to others'”
Current Biology featured in BBC News

“Shared Social Status Boosts Brain Activity, Research Shows”
Current Biology featured in Health.com

“Social status affects how people respond”
Current Biology featured in UPI.com

“Why we stick to our own class – it's a meeting of minds”
Current Biology featured in Telegraph

 “Alien Giant Tortoise Helps Restore Ecosystem”
Current Biology featured in U.S. News & World Report

“Turtle Power to the Rescue”
Current Biology featured in Discovery Channel

 “Monkey See, Monkey Remember”
Current Biology featured in Health.com

“Monkey See, Monkey Remember”
Current Biology featured in Newsday

“Study Takes Monkey Memory to New Level”
Current Biology featured in Wired

“Giant tortoise brings slow salvation”
Current Biology featured in BBC News

“Liberal vs. conservative: Does the difference lie in the brain?”
Current Biology featured in TIME

“This mollusk’s (rock) eyes are watching you”
Current Biology featured in Today Show, NBC News Network

“Humpback whale song spreads to other whales”
Current Biology featured in BBC News

“Memory lapses linked to napping brain cells”
Current Biology featured in CBS News

“Catchy humpback whale tunes become worldwide hits”
Current Biology featured in Discovery Channel

“Clearing the mind: How the brain cuts the clutter”
Neuron featured in FOX News

“Humpback whales spread catchy tunes to each other, study reveals”
Current Biology featured in Guardian

“Whale songs go viral in the South Pacific”
Current Biology featured in Wall Street Journal

“Shared social status boosts brain activity, research shows”
Current Biology featured in U.S. News and World Report

“Rodent of the week: Possible reason autism symptoms sometimes appear later”
Neuron featured in Los Angeles Times

“Clearing the mind: How the brain cuts the clutter”
Neuron featured in MSNBC

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