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ChemAxon's Marvin Live

ChemAxon has launched Marvin Live, a web-based collaboration tool that supports real-time structure design for distributed research groups. The tool integrates ChemAxon’s Marvin JS chemistry editor, structure based calculations, web services, and report generation capabilities, to give researchers a sharable space where they can sketch and modify chemical structures, see predicted properties or other available data on the structure and contribute through comments. 

The Scan

Novel Genetic Loci Linked to Insulin Resistance in New Study

A team reports in Nature Genetics that it used glucose challenge test data to home in on candidate genes involved in in GLUT4 expression or trafficking.

RNA Editing in Octopuses Seems to Help Acclimation to Shifts in Water Temperature

A paper in Cell reports that octopuses use RNA editing to help them adjust to different water temperatures.

Topical Compound to Block EGFR Inhibitors May Ease Skin Toxicities, Study Finds

A topical treatment described in Science Translational Medicine may limit skin toxicities seen with EGFR inhibitor therapy.

Dozen Genetic Loci Linked to Preeclampsia Risk in New GWAS

An analysis of genome-wide association study data in JAMA Cardiology finds genetic loci linked to preeclampsia that have ties to blood pressure.