Antibody fights AIDS-like disease in monkeys

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An antibody treatment has rejuvenated the immune systems of macaques infected with a virus called SIV, allowing the monkeys to fend off the symptoms of an AIDS-like disease for months. SIV is studied as a model for HIV infection in humans, and the therapy could be tested in clinical trials of HIV-infected patients as soon as next year, pending approval by regulators.

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Clothing With a Brain: Smart Fabrics Monitor Health

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Researchers in United States and China are reporting progress toward a simple, low-cost method to make "smart fabrics," electronic textiles capable of detecting diseases, monitoring heart rates, and other vital signs. A report on these straight-out-of-science-fiction-fibers, made of carbon nanotubes, is scheduled for the December 10 issue of ACS' Nano Letters.

In the new study, Nicholas A. Kotov, Chuanlai Xu, and colleagues point out that electronic textiles, or E-textiles, already are a reality. However, the current materials are too bulky, rigid, and complex for practical use

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Data organization and the modern laboratory

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This is a New York Times blog post with lots of advice about how to organize data for presentation. Specifically, it's a review of the computer programs Zotero (which is basically Pandora but for scientific papers) and Papers.

Frankly, I don't see the big deal. The writer is talking about how organization got much harder after the journals all went digital. This isn't a new problem. When I was in elementary school, my teachers told me, "When I was a kid, the problem was finding the information. Yours is organizing it

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