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5/18/2012

Nighttime fasting may foster weight loss
LA Times
In an age of long commutes, late sports practices, endless workdays and 24/7 television programming, the image of Mom hanging up her dish towel at 7 p.m. and declaring "the kitchen is closed" seems a quaint relic of an earlier era.
 
A Stem-Cell-Based Drug Gets Approval in Canada
New York Times
Prochymal, developed by Osiris Therapeutics, is a preparation of mesenchymal stem cells, which are obtained from the bone marrow of healthy young adult donors.
 

 
Many Rare Mutations May Underpin Diseases
New York Times
Because the mutations are so rare, costly studies involving large numbers of patients would be needed to identify their role in each disease.