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Calcium and the Pancreas
By Ole H. Petersen, Oleg V. Gerasimenko, and Julia V. Gerasimenko | February 1, 2012
Normal pancreatic function depends on the precise flow of calcium within and into the acinar cells of the organ. When…
How Autophagy Works
By Muriel Mari, Sharon A. Tooze, and Fulvio Reggiori | February 1, 2012
There are five steps of autophagosome biogenesis: induction, expansion, vesicle completion, fusion, and cargo degradation. While much has been learned…
Inflammation, Pain, and Resolvins
By Claudia Sommer and Frank Birklein | January 1, 2012
Not all inflammation leads to pain. Despite widespread infection followed by fever, colds rarely cause pain. But when some cytokines…
Can We Taste Fats?
By Beverly J. Tepper and Kathleen L. Keller | December 1, 2011
Although gustin and TAS2R38 contribute to the supertaster phenotype and may contribute to the perception of fat texture, researchers are…
Taste in the Mouth, Gut, and Airways
By Thomas E. Finger and Sue C. Kinnamon | December 1, 2011
Taste-bud receptors, primarily on the tongue, sense the qualities of salty, sour, bitter, sweet, and umami (the taste of glutamate)….
Supertaster Anatomy
By Beverly J. Tepper and Kathleen L. Keller | December 1, 2011
The first inkling of a genetic basis for perceiving fat came from research on a different sensation: bitterness. One anecdotal…
Designing Genetic Circuits
By Jef Akst | October 1, 2011
Near the turn of the millennium, James Collins and Stanislas Leibler independently undertook rather similar projects: design what would become…
Research and Development Funding, By the Numbers
October 1, 2011
Government and industry are the biggest funders of research, basic and otherwise. Here is how science funding in the US…
Swallowing the Surgeon
By Erica Westly | October 1, 2011
In fewer than 15 years, nanomedicine has gone from fantasy to reality.
Lost in Space
By Carol Barnes | September 1, 2011
Looking for a more realistic way to study memory, we turned to place cells—a network of cells that record a…
