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Summaries of newsworthy papers: Perception of depth and depth of perception, Lifeline for tumour cells can be cut, Receptor crystallization speeds up, Rocks on film, A new drug for schistosomiasis, Adapting brain and behaviour to match the environment, Reining in lethal inflammation, Damage limitation ­and Finding allele-specific gene expression

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Newsworthy papers: Deep impact, The worm turns, Changing nitrate sinks, Subverting a metabolic pathway for tumour growth, Missing cells to blame in Job’s syndrome, Neural coding of visual information, Partners in crime for neurodegenerative diseases, Clever catalysis in a gut microorganism and DNA Lego

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This week in Nature China - A combination of DNA vaccination in conjunction with conventional chemotherapy may provide better control of tuberculosis

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Summaries of newsworthy papers include The tree rings have it, Oncogenic microRNA and New resources to precisely map mutations in the fly – Nature Methods

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Summaries of newsworthy papers include Neuroscience: Building a picture of sight, Biomaterials: Know your hydrogel onions, Information processing: Quantum interface and Where have all the midges gone?

Read more of the article entitled 'The role of the mushroom in plant productivity'