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  1. Using a new technique, a team of chemists has captured the well-orchestrated, actin-driven movement of mitochondria, http://bit.ly/8ORgum
  2. A key transcription factor has less influence on development than thought, revealing a more complex tale, http://bit.ly/6UbTED
  3. Newly discovered hepatitis C inhibitors open the door to a new type of therapeutic compound, http://bit.ly/7pijWc
  4. Using light and genetic trickery, scientists have literally shed new light on how neurons interact, http://bit.ly/Light-Neurons
  5. ‘Marking’ of tissue-specific genes at the embryonic stage may be key to proper functioning of bodily tissues, http://bit.ly/Marked-Genes
  6. Researchers have solved a 10-year-old mystery of how a single protein can have two totally different roles, http://bit.ly/10-Year-Mystery
  7. Biochemists have designed a protein that mimics the shape and function of its natural counterpart, http://bit.ly/Protein-Mimic
  8. Scientists uncover basis for double proofreading mechanism in protein production, http://bit.ly/Double-Proof
  9. The impact of H1N1 in the U.S. will be less severe than feared, according to new estimates, http://bit.ly/H1N1-Flu
  10. Ancient stowaway in HIV genome found to enhance viral reproduction, http://bit.ly/HIV-Stowaway
  11. Scientists find new way to zoom in on bones, revealing age-related changes, http://bit.ly/Zoom-Bones
  12. RT @NIHforHealth First Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Approved for Use Under New NIH Guidelines http://bit.ly/7AIRcP
  13. Crystal structure shows how an anti-cancer drug disables harmful copper in cells, http://bit.ly/Disables-Copper
  14. Scientists have uncovered a mechanism that bacteria use to fend off the viruses that infect them, http://bit.ly/Fend-Off-Viruses
  15. Researchers use computers as a microscope to peer into the ribosome and see how it works, http://bit.ly/Computers-Microscope
  16. Watch the bacterial Rho protein spiral around an RNA strand in this movie, http://bit.ly/Rho-Protein
  17. 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.
  18. $42.3 million in Recovery Act funds for scientific areas identified as “Grand Opportunities," http://bit.ly/GO-grants.
  19. Biochemists have solved the structure of a peptide that makes cells vulnerable to HIV infection, http://bit.ly/HIV-Accomplice
  20. New method scans genome sequences for sites that control gene expression, http://bit.ly/Reg-Sites