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(Vaccine venture boosts health hopes) 10.1038/461323a Microbiology Wed Sep 16 17:00:00 EDT 2009 News at Nature Wed Sep 16 17:00:00 EDT 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090909/full/news.2009.893.html?s=news_rss Jumping genes may hold key to defeating mould that caused Irish famine. (Potato blight's gene weaponry revealed) 10.1038/news.2009.893 Microbiology Wed Sep 09 17:01:00 EDT 2009 News at Nature Wed Sep 09 17:01:00 EDT 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090902/full/461020a.html?s=news_rss Researchers describe the scientific and public-health challenges they face in battling the H1N1 virus. (Pandemic flu: from the front lines) 10.1038/461020a Microbiology Wed Sep 02 17:00:00 EDT 2009 News at Nature Wed Sep 02 17:00:00 EDT 2009 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090820/full/news.2009.847.html?s=news_rss Yeast cell surrogate may help scientists to engineer synthetic life. 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