Scientists creating life, a banned pesticide still doing damage, the need to shift gears with cancer vaccines, potential pandemics no one is talking about, good science as bad business: The Scientist tackles these and other thought provoking topics at www.the-scientist.com
The Scientist's first issue of 2006 includes:
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING? Jack Lucentini reports that scientists around the world have created membranes filled with ten of the twelve elements needed to function as an artificial cell. Lucentini finds out if this progress signals the impending arrival of artificial life.
In the same feature, J. Craig Venter, co-founder of Celera Genomics, and current president of the J. Craig Venter Institute discusses how his work on synthetic biology could help rewrite the book on genomics. Drew Endy, co-founder of MIT's synthetic biology working group, explains the potential benefits of building cells from scratch.
THE FUTURE OF CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY: Ira Mellman, chair of the ...
