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Headline Articles--May 10-16, 1999

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Douglas M. Heithoff, Robert L. Sinsheimer, David A. Low, and Michael J. Mahan

An Essential Role for DNA Adenine Methylation in Bacterial Virulence. (... DNA adenine methylase [Dam] assists in making bacteria highly infective; thus, inhibitors of Dam could help to produce potent new vaccines and antibiotics)

Science Volume 284, Number 5416 (May 7, 1999): 967-970.

Myrna M. Weissman, Susan Wolk, Risė B. Goldstein, Donna Moreau, Philip Adams, Steven Greenwald, Claudia M. Klier, Neal D. Ryan, Ronald E. Dahl, and Priya Wickramaratne

Depressed Adolescents Grown Up. (... the results of this study indicate that, among the individuals studied, major depressive disorder [MDD] and its consequences that begin during adolescence have a fairly high likelihood of continuing into adulthood)

JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association Volume 281, Number 18 (May 12, 1999): 1707-1713.

**An abstract of this article is currently available through the Web site of JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association**

Michael A. Friedman, Janet Woodcock, Murray M. Lumpkin, Jeffrey E. Shuren, Arthur E. Hass, and Larry J. Thompson

The Safety of Newly Approved Medicines: Do Recent Market Removals Mean There Is a Problem?

JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association Volume 281, Number 18 (May 12, 1999): 1728-1734.

**An abstract of this article is currently available through the Web site of JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association**

A. P. Gaeth, R. V. Short, and M. B. Renfree

The Developing Renal, Reproductive, and Respiratory Systems of the African Elephant Suggest an Aquatic Ancestry. (... evidence from this study suggests that elephants evolved from an aquatic mammal; evolution, trunk, nephrostomes, intra-abdominal testes)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Volume 96, Number 10 (May 11, 1999): 5555-5558.

**An abstract of this article is currently available through the Web site of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences**

Stuart C. Yudofsky

Editorial: Parkinson's Disease, Depression, and Electrical Stimulation of the Brain.

The New England Journal of Medicine Volume 340, Number 19 (May 13, 1999): 1500-1502.

**The complete text of this editorial is currently available through the Web site of The New England Journal of Medicine**

Graham E. Quinn, Chai H. Shin, Maureen G. Maguire, and Richard A. Stone

Myopia and Ambient Lighting at Night. (... this study found an association between myopia or short-sightedness and exposure to light during sleep at night--such as from night lights or sleeping with the room lights on--in children before they reach two years of age)

Nature Volume 399, Number 6732 (May 13, 1999): 113-114.

Etienne Koechlin, Gianpaolo Basso, Pietro Pietrini, Seth Panzer, and Jordan Grafman

The Role of the Anterior Prefrontal Cortex in Human Cognition. (... the most forward part of the frontal lobes of the human brain including bilateral regions in the fronto-polar prefrontal cortex [FPPC] are activated when we need to keep in mind over time main goals while, at the same time, explore and process secondary goals, a process generally required in planning, reasoning, and complex problem-solving--taken from the abstract on the Nature Web site).

Nature Volume 399, Number 6732 (May 13, 1999): 148-151.

Evan H. DeLucia, Jason G. Hamilton, Shawna L. Naidu, Richard B. Thomas, Jeffrey A. Andrews, Adrien Finzi, Michael Lavine, Roser Matamala, Jacqueline E. Mohan, George R. Hendrey, and William H. Schlesinger

Net Primary Production of a Forest Ecosystem with Experimental CO2 Enrichment. (... increased atmospheric carbon dioxide in a young forest increased the total net primary production of the ecosystem--through increases in the growth rate of the trees, litterfall, and fine-root increment--by 25 percent after 2 years; forest carbon sequestration)

Science Volume 284, Number 5417 (May 14, 1999): 1177-1179.

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