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Chemistry World
November 4, 2010
Laura Howes |
Blocking cancer drug's toxic side effects US researchers have identified a compound that could drastically reduce toxic side effects associated with a widely used cancer drug.   |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Robert Tjian |
President's Letter Announces Plant Science Funding "Plant scientists have tremendous potential to help us understand -- and possibly find solutions to -- some of the most pressing concerns that face society." |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Scientists are targeting surface proteins to battle disease. Now that genomic analyses have identified the genes that express surface proteins, scientists are focusing on how pathogens detect attacks from the human immune system and quickly change their coats. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Fusion genes that drive solid tumors are a new target for cancer therapies The success of Gleevec and related drugs has inspired researchers to step up their hunt for the molecular defects underlying other cancers. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
New live action microscopy lets scientists follow the first days of a zebrafish embryo's development The promise of live embryo imaging is unquestionable. Light-sheet microscopy will allow scientists for the first time to describe in detail the processes of development in complex vertebrates |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Vicki Chandler: Plants Contribute Basic Biological Lessons to Science" Vicki Chandler's research on how plants regulate their genes may ultimately inform studies of human diseases. She's leading the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's partnership with HHMI to support more of this kind of fundamental plant science. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Celene Carillo |
Songs About Science Help Teach Students During his first year of teaching in the mid-1990s Kevin Ahern heard something called The Biochemists' Songbook, by Harold Baum, a professor emeritus at King's College London. Ahern decided to treat his students at the end of the term with songs of his own. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah Goforth |
Anita Sil, Scientist and Black Belt If it seems surprising for a warm, soft-spoken molecular biologist to take on taekwondo (loosely translated: "the way of the foot and the fist"), Sil doesn't see it that way. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Shelley DuBois |
Biologist Jeff Kim Makes Art from Science Jeff Kim is a scientist who uses the basic biology he studies to make art in his spare time. Taking that mental leap out of the lab and into a gallery gives him a fresh perspective on his research. Usually, his artwork drives ideas for experiments. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Mitch Leslie |
Immune System Defects Can Cause Obsessive Behavior A shortage of certain immune cells might prompt obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
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