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In this June 5, 2004 file photo, singer Connie Francis performs during the dress rehearsal of the German TV show 'Summer Party of Folk Music' in Magdeburg, eastern Germany.

Related articles Disruption of the mitotic kinesin Eg5 gene (Knsl1) results in early embryonic lethality. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Aug 8;372(4):513-9 Authors: Chauvière M, Kress C, Kress M Eg5, a member of the widely conserved kinesin-5 family, is a plus-end-directed motor involved in separation of centrosomes, and in bipolar spindle formation and maintenance during mitosis in vertebrates. To investigate the requirement for Eg5 in mammalian development, we have generated Eg5 deficient mice by gene targeting. Heterozygous mice are healthy, fertile, and show no detectable phenotype, whereas Eg5(-/-) embryos die during early embryogenesis, prior to the implantation stage. This result shows that Eg5 is essential during early mouse development and cannot be compensated by another molecular motor. PMID: 18474226 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Biochemical and Biophysical Research communications) MedWorm Sponsored Message: F

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Genetic factors that are associated with common fears change with age, a new study finds. Researchers at Virginia commonwealth university found that some factors decline in importance during childhood and...

Genaera Corporation (Nasdaq: GENR) announced interim Phase 1 safety and pharmacokinetic (PK) data and new preclinical data on trodusquemine (MSI-1436), Genaera's lead drug candidate for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, during the CBI 4th Annual Obesity Drug Development Summit in Arlington, Virginia. Dr.

NHS Direct is delighted to have won the 2008 Ask About Medicines Award for 'Excellence in improving communication between healthcare professionals and patients or medicine users' for the Evelina Children's hospital pilot Information Prescription project. During the pilot medicine prescriptions were used to trigger the offer of an information prescription from the Children's hospital and five community pharmacies across the country.