Subject: DNA damage repair defect unifies theories of aging...and more

From: "The Scientist" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:35:02 -0000

If you're having trouble viewing this message please visit: http://www.the-scientist.com/daily/2006/12/20/

ADVERTISEMENT

|

| | | | December 20, 2006 |

news

DNA damage repair defect unifies theories of aging

A novel form of progeria shows aging has both DNA damage and genetic components

By Jeffrey M. Perkel

article

Beating Malaria

Nicholas White and Francois Nosten have shown that artemisinin in combination with other drugs are 90% effective at fighting the scourge of the world. So why isn't everyone using it?

By Merrill Goozner

article

Physics Meets the Brain

How Terry Sejnowski went from a grad student in theoretical physics to computational neuroscience's White Knight

By Karen Hopkin

podcast

50 Years with RNA

Alex Rich describes his 6-month imposition on the Crick household and the experiments that unveiled the RNA double helix

Bacterial census of Texas air reveals microbial diversity

Novel microarray detects 1,800 microbial species in the air above Austin and San Antonio

By Jeffrey M. Perkel

A Long Shot on Cytomegalovirus

An unlikely vaccinologist fights an unlikely foe

By Alan Dove

For mTOR, Clarification and Confusion

A double life for the target of rapamycin muddies its role in cancer

By David Secko

The Future of the FDA

As the agency celebrates its 100th anniversary, what do Congress and others have in store?

By Ted Agres

When biodiversity makes you sick

Researchers exploring in Ecuador fall ill after morning visits from a colony of bats

By Juhi Yajnik

Five Questions on QCPR

From picking standards to finding those low-copy transcripts, experts offer solutions to users' dilemmas

By Jeffrey M. Perkel

Taming tannins

Wine science and the quest for texture

By Kate Thomas

Plugging in to science

Can video games help a wired generation connect to science?

By Laura Buchholz

MHC-matched parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells created

New strategy could make cells better transplant candidates

By Cathy Tran

New class of small RNAs discovered

Deep sequencing of small RNAs from C. elegans uncovers 21U-RNAs

By Jeffrey M. Perkel

Swimming in a Smaller Pond

Julie Olson goes from cutting deals at Pfizer to adjusting her Big Pharma attitude for life at a startup

By Keith O'Brien

Intelligent Design: The Clincher

A butterfly explodes the theory

By Jack Woodall

ADVERTISEMENT

The Scientist's
Web Extra Spotlight
50 years with the RNA double helix

In our December issue, Alexander Rich recalls his discovery of RNA's double helix. Click here for an annotated presentation of the original paper.

CAREERS
Visit The Scientist Careers for the latest jobs in the life sciences. Post your resume, get new jobs delivered via e-mail and more. Log on today and take the next step in your career journey.

MAILING LIST INFORMATION
If you want to continue to receive these e-mails, you need do nothing. We welcome new members to our contents alert mailing list and ask you to forward this message to any colleagues who might be interested. To sign up to receive this alert, send a blank e-mail to [email-masked].

If you no longer wish to receive The Scientist Daily E-mail, log in to the My Scientist section of the website and edit your e-mail preferences.