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		<title>Killing TB While it Sleeps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly discovered compounds can kill tuberculosis bacteria while it is in its dormant state.]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu: the Good, the Bad and the Cute</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using ferrets to predict the virus's virulence.]]></description>
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		<title>Organs For Sale?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Debate Over Financial Incentives for Organ Donation]]></description>
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		<title>More than Hot Air</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael Rettner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solar thermal energy, or “solar hot water,” may not get much hype, but don’t count it out of the renewable energy equation.]]></description>
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		<title>Investigating Diabetes Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 05:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have found that weight-loss surgery has a dramatic effect on type 2 diabetes and can even eliminate symptoms. Now, researchers are attempting to find out what is behind this diabetes “cure” and are even looking for alternative ways to mimic the surgery’s results. ]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the Jump on an Ancient Killer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael Rettner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Studying the early stages of tuberculosis infection could help scientists figure out new ways to tackle the disease.]]></description>
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		<title>Assessing the Malaria Threat</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2009/05/05/bio-rettner-malaria-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 04:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could increasing global temperatures cause this tropical disease to spread?]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Cities: The Urban Heat Island Effect</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2009/04/26/rettner-environment-green-roof-urban-heat-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael Rettner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Columbia University researcher discusses the urban heat island effect and the university's green roof research station.]]></description>
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		<title>A Molecular Weapon Against HIV</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael Rettner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists are researching ways to use a “gene knockout” technique known as RNA interference to help fight HIV.]]></description>
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		<title>Bacteria for Better Biofuels</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2009/03/30/environment-rettner-biofuel-alternative-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael Rettner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding the right kind of bacteria, scientists find, can boost plant growth on poor quality soil.]]></description>
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