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Don't bother trying to figure out if the members of the rock band We Are Scientists are actually scientists. Don't even try to figure out what their name comes from -- they give a different explanation in practically every interview, sometimes claiming it came from a random string of letters that appeared during a game of Boggle. In fact, it's best not to take anything they say too seriously. Bassist Chris Cain holding our January, 2010 issueWith that, I set out to get my own tongue-in-cheek in

The mother of young twins with a rare genetic disease is seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to administer linkurl:a non-prescription compound;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55377/ directly into the brains of her girls based on recent findings showing the compound dramatically improves cats with the disease. It may seem unusual for a parent to fill out such an application to the FDA, but Chris Hempel, who has two 6-year old children suffering from Niemann-Pick

DNA sequence affects mutation rateA new linkurl:report;http://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2010/05/11/gr.103283.109.abstract published today in __Genome Research__ shows that the DNA molecule itself influences its own mutation rate. Specifically, Jean-Claude Walser and Anthony Furano from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Basel found that sequences high in C and G encourage mutations, and even encourage particular types of mutations. The findings suggest that mutation rat

RIP, sickle-cell scientistHelen M. Ranney, the first woman to head a department of medicine at a U.S. medical school, died last month at age 89. Ranney was a pioneer in the field of genetics, studying the inheritance of sickle cell disease in the early 1950s, when scientists knew little about DNA. To identify carriers of the sickle cell gene, she adapted gel electrophoresis to quickly and easily separate cells with normal hemoglobin from distorted, sickle-shaped cells, since adult carriers conta

By Alison McCook A Transforming Field There is no “typical” biologist. Meet two scientists who don’t fit into the usual mold—they changed genders in the middle of their careers. Here’s how they embrace their differences. Left: © Plush Studios/Bill Reitzel right: © Image Source For a few months in 2001 and the beginning of 2002, there was a jar on Julia Serano’s lab bench at the University of

UMass leader steps downJack Wilson is expected to announce today that linkurl:he will retire as president of the University of Massachusetts;http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/03/01/umass_president_jack_wilson_to_step_down_in_2011/ in 2011. Over his nearly 8 year tenure, Wilson helped unify the five-campus system, and encouraged research collaboration between faculty at different schools. According to the Boston Globe, Wilson, a physicist by training, plans to begin "speak

By Alison McCook A rare chance Hannah’s swollen belly at 3 weeks Courtesy of Carrie Ostrea Over the course of 5 days last summer, an army of researchers and clinicians examined, poked, and prodded 1-year-old Hannah Ostrea at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Experts in neurology, rehabilitation medicine, physical therapy, speech pathology, and anesthesiology gave the little girl an EEG, a test of her heart’s electrical activity