CONTENTS
June 2007
Sustainable solutions may involve trade-offs, but as BOB GRANT found environmentally friendly research facilities are becoming more affordable and effective. Plus, ask our panel of experts for advice on how to make your lab greener. |
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Nuclear transfer research encompasses some of the most compelling biological and ethical puzzles of our time. In an online publishing experiment, we asked you, The Scientist’s readers, to help us create this article. Here’s how you would solve the mysteries of the egg, fertilization, and cloning. |
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What’s killing the pygmy rabbit? Something was killing pygmy rabbits, a highly endangered species being bred in captivity. IVAN ORANSKY travels to Oregon and Washington to watch first-hand what it takes to save a species, and find out whether the outbreak would doom the effort. |
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20 years ago, scientists got hooked on a single transcription factor that responds to a number of drugs of abuse. KERRY GRENS looks into whether their work will lead to treatments. |
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EDITORIAL
Shouldn’t you be online? Ferreting out online opportunities for scientists.
COLUMNS
No more periods – period Human nature and the end of menstruation.
Programmed dissatisfaction Does one gene drive all progress in science and the arts?
Notebook
The agenda; The weather gene; Magic mint to treat mania; Formula One neuroscience; Kids climb Everest; Isle(t) of the pigs
OPINION
Was Alois Alzheimer right or wrong? Why senile dementia was misclassified as “Alzheimer’s disease,” and how it confused the field.
FOUNDATIONS
Nirenberg’s genetic code chart, 1961–66
PROFILES
Scientist to watch: Liam Paninski The acoustic guitar, computer, and empty bookshelves that line the neuroscientist’s office parallels the approach to his research.
Making pretty pictures Sure, the images Kit Pogliano takes of bacterial proteins are breathtaking, but the science is even more so.
Rolling up his sleeves William Cork's passion for startups brought him from Baxter to Nanosphere, where he's now CTO.
THE LITERATURE
Oocyte generation in adult mammalian ovaries
Human embryonic stem cells express an immunogenic nonhuman sialic acid
SLAM family receptors distinguish hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
LAB TOOLS
Genotyping with PCR How to sort through the pros and cons of dozens of PCR-based genotyping assays.
CAREERS
Better work through the network How Web-based professional networking can get you a better job.