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  1. Crystal structure shows how an anti-cancer drug disables harmful copper in cells, http://bit.ly/Disables-Copper
  2. Scientists have uncovered a mechanism that bacteria use to fend off the viruses that infect them, http://bit.ly/Fend-Off-Viruses
  3. Researchers use computers as a microscope to peer into the ribosome and see how it works, http://bit.ly/Computers-Microscope
  4. Watch the bacterial Rho protein spiral around an RNA strand in this movie, http://bit.ly/Rho-Protein
  5. MSTP graduate Bobby Satcher is aboard the space shuttle and is tweeting from space at @astro_bones. For more, see http://bit.ly/MSTP-Space.
  6. $42.3 million in Recovery Act funds for scientific areas identified as “Grand Opportunities," http://bit.ly/GO-grants.
  7. Biochemists have solved the structure of a peptide that makes cells vulnerable to HIV infection, http://bit.ly/HIV-Accomplice
  8. New method scans genome sequences for sites that control gene expression, http://bit.ly/Reg-Sites
  9. In mice, eastern herbal supplement helps prevent liver damage caused by acetaminophen, http://bit.ly/Herbal-Supplement
  10. $16.4 million in Recovery Act funds to address critical gaps in basic biomedical and behavioral science, http://bit.ly/challenge-grants.
  11. Viruses use secret weapon to break free from the bacteria they infect, http://bit.ly/Virus-Secret-Weapon
  12. Watch chromosomes dance around the nucleus in search of partners during egg and sperm cell formation, http://bit.ly/Chromosome-Dance
  13. NIGMS H1N1 modeling work honored with HPCwire Readers’ Choice Award to Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, http://bit.ly/Pitt-Modeling
  14. Why some drug combos work less well than either one alone, http://bit.ly/Drug-Combinations
  15. Antioxidant found in vegetables may help treat cystic fibrosis, http://bit.ly/Antioxidant-Cystic-Fibrosis
  16. Computational method brings new way to predict a drug’s side effects and therapeutic targets, http://bit.ly/predict-side-effects
  17. NIGMS is now on Facebook, visit us at http://bit.ly/NIGMS-Facebook!
  18. Lipid buildup is linked to cell death in people with rare neurodegenerative disorder, http://bit.ly/Lipids-Rare-Disorder
  19. Vulnerable seams in the coat surrounding the genome of the AIDS virus suggest new treatment strategies, http://bit.ly/HIV-Seams
  20. Genomic blueprints made easy with a new four-step method, http://bit.ly/Genomic-Blueprints