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The Enigmatic Membrane
By Muriel Mari, Sharon A. Tooze, and Fulvio Reggiori | February 1, 2012
Despite years of research, the longstanding mystery of where the autophagosome gets its double lipid bilayers is not much clearer.
Casting a Wide Eye
By Cristina Luiggi | February 1, 2012
Scientists study a variety of large-scale biological phenomena from the vantage point of space.
The War Within
By Ole H. Petersen, Oleg V. Gerasimenko, and Julia V. Gerasimenko | February 1, 2012
Unraveling the molecular causes of acute pancreatitis—a potentially deadly disease in which the pancreas essentially digests itself—is yielding clues to how it might be treated.
Resolving Chronic Pain
By Claudia Sommer and Frank Birklein | January 1, 2012
The body’s own mechanism for dispersing the inflammatory reaction might lead to new treatments for chronic pain.
Animal Mind Control
By Jef Akst | January 1, 2012
Examples of parasites that manipulate the behavior of their hosts are not hard to come by, but scientists have only recently begun to understand how they induce such dramatic changes.
Top Ten Innovations 2011
By The Scientist Staff | January 1, 2012
Our list of the best and brightest products that 2011 had to offer the life scientist
Sensing Fat
By Beverly J. Tepper and Kathleen L. Keller | December 1, 2011
Are genes that alter the perception of fat making us fat?
Life Sciences Salary Survey 2011
By Jef Akst and Edyta Zielinska | December 1, 2011
US salaries are starting to recover after last year’s survey recorded the first-ever drop.
Matters of Taste
By Thomas E. Finger and Sue C. Kinnamon | December 1, 2011
Compounds we perceive as sweet or bitter in the mouth trigger similar receptors and signaling pathways elsewhere in the body, helping to regulate digestion, respiration, and other systems.
Looking Back, Looking Forward
By Walter F. Bodmer | October 1, 2011
In celebration of major conceptual advances in biology and the revolutions just over the horizon
