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November 2009
Scientists have a strong incentive to make bold predictions—namely, to obtain funding, influence, and high-profile publications. But, as STUART BLACKMAN reports, while few will be disappointed when worst-case forecasts fail to materialize, unfulfilled predictions—of which we're seeing more and more—can be a blow for patients, policymakers, and for the reputation of science itself. |
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The idea that the immune system could kill
cancer cells has always been hotly debated.
MARK J. SMYTH and his colleagues jumped into
the mire and spent their careers investigating
the death-inducing pathways that lymphocytes
might use to suppress tumors. What they have
found in mice suggests it might one day be
possible to use the immune system to keep
cancer in check. |
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EDITORIAL Authors of Our Own Misfortune COLUMN Give Young Scientists a Break OPINION NIH Continues to Support the Best
Science Through R01s NOTEBOOK Wounded cells FOUNDATIONS First Primate Brain Map, circa 1917 PROFILE Calm in the STORm SCIENTIST TO WATCH Sheng Ding BIO BUSINESS Team of Rivals THE LITERATURE A Theory Blossoms Hot paper in Molecular Biology: Can it be? Hot paper in Cell Biology: Hold the centrosomes Hot paper in Genetics: Gene hunters LAB TOOLS Tailor-Made Mass Spec CAREERS Right your Writing |