Also in this issue:
Research stories
A twist on DNA
The rigors of physics meet the wild and woolly chromosome
The care and
feeding of stem cells
What do embryonic stem cell facilities and intensive-care
units have in common?
Traffic report
Clearing protein jams in neurons can reverse Parkinson's
symptoms in animals
Whiteboard (1.8
mb pdf or 6.5
mb jpg)
How does yeast help us figure where brains go wrong?
Science and society
A smart battle against
intelligent design
Despite a victory in the Dover school board trial, the
battle against creationism needs a steady stream of
recruits
Fixing K-12 biology
Education expert Melanie Barron calls for an inquiry-based
curriculum
The Singapore connection
Whitehead and MIT faculty lend a hand to an astonishing
initiative half a world away
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Tracking cells on the move
Researchers tracked the movement of individual breast
cells to better understand migration characteristics.
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Video length: 0:08
Entering the third dimension
Whitehead postdoctoral fellow Muhammad Zamman modeled
the movement of human prostate cells in a 3D matrix.
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kbps]
Video length: 0:12
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