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wpn-category-uncategorized wpn-category-virology cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2013-09-25T17:54:04-05:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2013-09-25">25 Sep 2013 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="17:54:04-0500"> 17:54 EST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/cytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html'>Cytomegalovirus—a ‘stealth’ pathogen—gains attention in the drug development realm</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/author/Liz-Devitt" title="Liz Devitt">Liz Devitt</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/category/drugs-drugs-and-more-drugs" rel="tag">Drugs, drugs and more drugs</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/category/infectious-diseases" rel="tag">Infectious diseases</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/category/uncategorized" rel="tag">Uncategorized</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/category/virology" rel="tag">Virology</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/cytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html" title="Cytomegalovirus—a ‘stealth’ pathogen—gains attention in the drug development realm"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/2013/09/PHIL_3646-150x150.jpg" alt="Cytomegalovirus—a ‘stealth’ pathogen—gains attention in the drug development realm" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>Cytomegalovirus is sometimes called ‘the stealth virus’ because many people, including more than 50% of adults in the US, harbor the infection. But few individuals ever feel the effects of CMV unless something else squelches their immune system first—such as the immunosuppressing drugs given before a bone marrow transplant. Wherever the virus gains a foothold, it can create serious problems such as pneumonia, unrelenting diarrhea or inflammation in the eye. It’s also the most common viral infection in newborns and 1 out of every 750 infants born with CMV in the US will suffer permanent harm—hearing loss, brain damage, or even death—from this virus. <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/cytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html#more-5378" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-5378" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/09/cytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html#respond" title="Comment on Cytomegalovirus—a ‘stealth’ pathogen—gains attention in the drug development realm">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=5378">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-5378"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2013%2F09%2Fcytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Cytomegalovirus%E2%80%94a+%E2%80%98stealth%E2%80%99+pathogen%E2%80%94gains+attention+in+the+drug+development+realm+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2013%2F09%2Fcytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2013%2F09%2Fcytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html&title=Cytomegalovirus%E2%80%94a+%E2%80%98stealth%E2%80%99+pathogen%E2%80%94gains+attention+in+the+drug+development+realm">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2013%2F09%2Fcytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html&title=Cytomegalovirus%E2%80%94a+%E2%80%98stealth%E2%80%99+pathogen%E2%80%94gains+attention+in+the+drug+development+realm">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2013%2F09%2Fcytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2013%2F09%2Fcytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html&title=Cytomegalovirus%E2%80%94a+%E2%80%98stealth%E2%80%99+pathogen%E2%80%94gains+attention+in+the+drug+development+realm">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2013%2F09%2Fcytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2013%2F09%2Fcytomegalovirus-a-stealth-pathogen-gains-attention-in-the-drug-development-realm.html&title=Cytomegalovirus%E2%80%94a+%E2%80%98stealth%E2%80%99+pathogen%E2%80%94gains+attention+in+the+drug+development+realm">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article><!-- .hentry --> <article> <div id="wpn-post-4987" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-2 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-elie-dolgin wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-uncategorized cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2013-04-04T14:28:16-05:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2013-04-04">04 Apr 2013 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="14:28:16-0500"> 14:28 EST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/04/3d-printed-material-has-tissue-like-properties.html'>3D-printed material has tissue-like properties</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/author/Elie-Dolgin" title="Elie Dolgin">Elie Dolgin</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/category/uncategorized" rel="tag">Uncategorized</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>A rubbery material made using a three-dimensional printer can transmit electrical signals and mechanically fold like biological tissue in predictable ways. The work, published in this week’s issue of Science by researchers at the University of Oxford, UK, could pave the way for tissue engineering, controlled drug release technologies or other medical applications. <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/04/3d-printed-material-has-tissue-like-properties.html#more-4987" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-4987" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/04/3d-printed-material-has-tissue-like-properties.html#comments" title="Comment on 3D-printed material has tissue-like properties">1 Comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=4987">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 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class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/author/Elie-Dolgin" title="Elie Dolgin">Elie Dolgin</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/category/uncategorized" rel="tag">Uncategorized</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>Men with advanced prostate cancer now have another treatment option, thanks to the approval today by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a pill that blocks androgen-receptor signaling and prolongs patient survival. <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/08/androgen-blocking-drug-wins-us-approval-for-prostate-cancer.html#wpn-more-3683" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-3683" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li 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class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/author/Elie-Dolgin" title="Elie Dolgin">Elie Dolgin</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/category/uncategorized" rel="tag">Uncategorized</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>In this month’s Nature Medicine podcast, we discuss how to turn white fat into brown fat and a new species-spanning approach to biomedicine. <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/06/podcast-talk-of-the-brown.html#wpn-more-3170" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-3170" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" 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headlines, lots of them, when players of the online protein-folding video game took three weeks to solve the three dimensional structure of a simian retroviral protein that is used in animal models of HIV, but whose structure had eluded biochemists for more than a decade. Seth Cooper, the game’s co-creator, captured the attention of the crowd at the TEDMED medical technology conference in Washington, DC by recounting how thousands of players competed in that FoldIt challenge despite the lack of prize money or prestige. He even brought on-stage the winner, a beaming British lab technician named Mimi Minet whose identity had not been previously disclosed to the public. <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/04/foldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html#wpn-more-2866" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-2866" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/04/foldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html#comments" title="Comment on FoldIt game’s next play: crowdsourcing better drug design">1 Comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=2866">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-2866"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffoldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=FoldIt+game%E2%80%99s+next+play%3A+crowdsourcing+better+drug+design+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffoldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffoldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html&title=FoldIt+game%E2%80%99s+next+play%3A+crowdsourcing+better+drug+design">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffoldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html&title=FoldIt+game%E2%80%99s+next+play%3A+crowdsourcing+better+drug+design">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffoldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffoldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html&title=FoldIt+game%E2%80%99s+next+play%3A+crowdsourcing+better+drug+design">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffoldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffoldit-games-next-play-crowdsourcing-better-drug-design.html&title=FoldIt+game%E2%80%99s+next+play%3A+crowdsourcing+better+drug+design">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article><!-- .hentry --> <article> <div id="wpn-post-2837" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-9 wpn-odd wpn-author-rebecca-hersher wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-uncategorized cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2012-04-09T14:37:44-05:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2012-04-09">09 Apr 2012 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="14:37:44-0500"> 14:37 EST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/04/fledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html'>Fledgling Pakistani group looks to train medical students in research</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/author/Rebecca-Hersher" title="Rebecca Hersher">Rebecca Hersher</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/category/uncategorized" rel="tag">Uncategorized</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/04/fledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html" title="Fledgling Pakistani group looks to train medical students in research"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/2012/04/PMSRS-pic-150x150.jpg" alt="Fledgling Pakistani group looks to train medical students in research" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>A recent Nature Medicine opinion article that called on the UK to fund more research opportunities for medical students resonated thousands of miles away. Pakistani medical students are now also asking their government to put more money toward educating young physician-researchers. <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/04/fledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html#wpn-more-2837" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-2837" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/04/fledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html#respond" title="Comment on Fledgling Pakistani group looks to train medical students in research">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=2837">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-2837"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Fledgling+Pakistani+group+looks+to+train+medical+students+in+research+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html&title=Fledgling+Pakistani+group+looks+to+train+medical+students+in+research">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html&title=Fledgling+Pakistani+group+looks+to+train+medical+students+in+research">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html&title=Fledgling+Pakistani+group+looks+to+train+medical+students+in+research">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2012%2F04%2Ffledgling-pakistani-group-looks-to-train-medical-students-in-research.html&title=Fledgling+Pakistani+group+looks+to+train+medical+students+in+research">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article><!-- .hentry --> <article> <div id="wpn-post-2831" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-10 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-rebecca-hersher wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-uncategorized cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2012-04-06T13:16:31-05:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2012-04-06">06 Apr 2012 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="13:16:31-0500"> 13:16 EST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/04/analysts-weigh-in-on-speculation-of-further-slimming-by-pfizer.html'>Analysts weigh in on speculation of further slimming by Pfizer</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/author/Rebecca-Hersher" title="Rebecca Hersher">Rebecca Hersher</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/category/uncategorized" rel="tag">Uncategorized</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2012/04/analysts-weigh-in-on-speculation-of-further-slimming-by-pfizer.html" title="Analysts weigh in on speculation of further slimming by Pfizer"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/2012/04/pfizer_logo_detail-150x150.gif" alt="Analysts weigh in on speculation of further slimming by Pfizer" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>As economists puzzle over the future direction of global markets, there is a growing consensus among pharmaceutical industry analysts that slimming down will reap profits for Pfizer. Last week the company saw its stock price increase after an analyst at Goldman Sachs wrote that Pfizer’s chief executive, Ian Read, had signaled in a meeting she attended that he may go beyond the divestitures the company has already announced. 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