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Right Turn: From chemistry to biology: A plastic cell

. My colleague, Casandra Gardner, PhD, was excited when she came across the image, below, of a plastic cell. Since my understanding of polymers is limited to what my university chem-eng boyfriend taught me many (many!) years ago, I thought Casey would do a much better...

The scientific pursuit of eternal youth

> “I resolve to not get any older.” This may seem like a somewhat outlandish New Year’s resolution, a desire more grounded in the realm of science fiction than science itself. But a growing group working in the field of biogerontology would argue that it is...

Right Turn: Revenge of the Somatic

> If you’ve ever wondered what makes a stem cell hasten its way down the mutational road to cancer, wonder no more. The answer is revenge – a kind of adolescent rebellion against parental (the body’s) and evoloutionary control. At least...

Breaking out of our scientific cells

> I have recently been transitioning from “basic” science research to science communication. Why? Because there is a great disparity in what the public, policy makers, and even clinicians, know and think about research, and what the researchers know. I believe as...