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• Growth arrest in prostate cancer

  A previously poorly investigated signalling pathway is crucial for the growth and proliferation of prostate cancer cells. An international research team discovered this when studying the enzyme "soluble adenylyl cyclase" that produces the second messenger molecule cAMP. When the scientists inhibited more

• Tracing foodborne pathogens

  In 2011, an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in cantaloupe led to almost 150 illnesses and 30 deaths. With a spate of recent outbreaks of such foodborne pathogens as Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and L. monocytogenes, the ability to predict where and how these deadly microbes enter the more

• Watermelon genome decoded

  Sweeter and more disease-resistant watermelons just may be on their way, thanks to an international consortium of more than 60 scientists that has just published the genome sequence of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). Such information could dramatically accelerate breeding to produce more nutritious, more

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• Multiscale Systems Biology: A Special Issue Devoted to Understanding Biology and Medicine Across Multiple Scales

  Multiscale Systems Biology: A Special Issue Devoted to Understanding Biology and Medicine Across Multiple Scales Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-2 DOI 10.1007/s10439-012-0661-x Authors Michael R. King, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Scott more

• [News of the Week] Newsmakers

  This week's Newsmakers are University of California, Los Angeles, computer scientist Deborah Estrin, who is joining a slick new tech campus at Cornell University, and Fernando Codá Marques, a differential geometer at the National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in Rio de Janeiro, who has more

• Introduction to the Special Issue on Micro- and Nanofabrication Techniques

  Introduction to the Special Issue on Micro- and Nanofabrication Techniques Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-2 DOI 10.1007/s10439-012-0589-1 Authors Michael L. Shuler, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Jong Hwan Sung, Chemical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea more

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