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Selected articles
Review & comment
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Andrew McMichaelOvercoming the obstacles to HIV immunity
Can the immune system be induced to protect itself against HIV infection? Andrew McMichael gives his perspective in an interview, explaining the challenges faced in making a vaccine and why he remains optimistic about the potential of eliciting strong T cell responses for controlling the virus.
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Robin WeissHIV receptor gymnastics
Robin Weiss, in an article to mark the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), reviews the complex interactions of the virus with the specialized surface molecules by which it gains entry into cells, and how this has led to drugs that block it.
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Gerard WrightFacing up to antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance is both an ancient phenomenon and a worsening medical problem. Gerard Wright explains why, and what should be done about it.
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Paola Bertucci, Detlev ArendtAncient origins of the duality of the somatic and visceral nervous systems
The idea that vertebrates are composed of a ‘visceral’ and ‘somatic’ self, responding to internal and external stimuli, respectively, was first put forward in the 19th century. Now, molecular fingerprinting indicates a duality between the somatic and visceral nervous systems that appears to predate Bilataria.
Research
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Lei Shi, Ming Li, Qiang Lin, Xuebin Qi, Bing SuFunctional divergence of the brain-size regulating gene MCPH1 during primate evolution and the origin of humans
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Laura Wrzosek, Sylvie Miquel, Marie-Louise Noordine, Stephan Bouet, Marie Chevalier-Curt, Véronique Robert, Catherine Philippe, Chantal Bridonneau, Claire Cherbuy, Catherine Robbe-Masselot, Philippe Langella, Muriel ThomasBacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii influence the production of mucus glycans and the development of goblet cells in the colonic epithelium of a gnotobiotic model rodent
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Marc Nomaksteinsky, Stefan Kassabov, Zoubida Chettouh, Henri-Corto Stoeklé, Laure Bonnaud, Gilles Fortin, Eric Kandel, Jean-François BrunetAncient origin of somatic and visceral neurons
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C Verity Bennett, Anjali GoswamiStatistical support for the hypothesis of developmental constraint in marsupial skull evolution
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Emilie Chancerel, Jean-Baptiste Lamy, Isabelle Lesur, Céline Noirot, Christophe Klopp, François Ehrenmann, Christophe Boury, Grégoire Le Provost, Philippe Label, Céline Lalanne, Valérie Léger, Franck Salin, Jean-Marc Gion, Christophe PlomionHigh-density linkage mapping in a pine tree reveals a genomic region associated with inbreeding depression and provides clues to the extent and distribution of meiotic recombination
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Article collections
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HIV thirty years on
Published: 21 May 2013
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From origins to open questions – Ten years of BMC Biology
Published: 15 April 2013
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Open questions in biology
Published: 1 February 2013
Last updated: 28 March 2013
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