Cell

Understanding of blood cell lineages advances with the discovery of a transcription factor crucial to T cell differentiation

OPINION: Looks like the brave new world has finally arrived. The website BeautifulPeople.com reportedly "booted out 5,000 people who gained weight and were deemed too ugly to remain members".

Culturally combinatorial, Nucleic acids protect monkeys against the Ebola virus, Variants associated with esophageal and gastric cancers, A critical gene for cortical development, Methane-eating moss, Older age for the Solar System

A pair of molecular biology techniques enables detailed characterization of the gene expression of small numbers of cells

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: 'Stealth' earthquake doublet; Massive stars make waves; Imaging quantum fluids; A new role for graphene; A ferroelectric ferromagnet created by strain; High-pressure competition in a high-temperature superconductor; Faithful females foster cooperative breeding

LAST week was the 65th anniversary of the world's first nuclear bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After more than six decades, the terrors inflicted on people in the twin city bombings are still felt today.

Building on pioneering work in metabalomics and omics analyses, researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center are gearing up for a new era of functional plant development with clinical applications.

Cancer may be kept in check by a method for generating patient-specific immune cells with antitumor activity

The findings deepen our understanding of protein synthesis and lay the groundwork for advances in protein design.

Boosting regeneration in the mouse spinal cord; Variants associated with tuberculosis; Metaling in Meiosis; Addicted to microRNA?; Biotin’s mystery solved; Making maps of oxygen in the brain

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology have unraveled the mystery of why human embryonic stem (ES) cells and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells undergo programmed cell death (apoptosis) when cultured in isolation.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: When crocodiles ruled; Sharper images across a wider field; Sea sponge genome sheds light on animal evolution; New antibiotic caught in action; Negative refractive index without loss

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) created history in the field of medicine when, for the very first time at the Asian level, it succeeded in producing three graduates specializing in the field of blood transfusion (Blood Bank).

Humans are still evolving and we’re beginning to understand how, suggests an article for Nature Reviews Genetics. From height to blood pressure, we continue to be shaped by selective forces, some of which are of our own making.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Potassium channel’s role in epilepsy; A molecular switch for blood vessels in tumours; Finer tools for cell mechanics; Short-lived pollutants; Single-molecule snapshot

By bolstering a sophisticated computational model with quantitative experimental data, researchers begin to decipher the workings of a complex signaling network

Genetic data help scientists close in on the immunological malfunctions underlying a mysterious pediatric disorder

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Potassium channel’s role in epilepsy; Finer tools for cell mechanics; A molecular switch for blood vessels in tumours; Short-lived pollutants; Single-molecule snapshot

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: New treatment for inborn error of metabolism; Atmosphere–biosphere feedbacks; Black carbon plumes; PEGging glycans; Determinants of cellular age

Surface-selective fluorescent labeling enables cell tracking in the body while preserving initial cell function

Inward flow of membrane material is critical for repulsive growth cone turning

The question as to whether induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells retain a memory of their tissue of origin is addressed in two papers published online this week.

Vascular development in plants is controlled by a newly identified gene regulator that can block the formation of water-transporting vessels

A large-scale genetic analysis provides a molecular atlas of a complex brain structure, the hypothalamus

A database released by RIKEN and Keio University researchers has information on over three thousand phosphorylated proteins and phosphorylation sites in rice which opens new doors in the study and engineering of plants.

Tokyo, 13 July - RIKEN scientists have developed a genetically-encoded fluorescent sensor that can act as a direct optical indicator of signaling activity in the living brain.

Tropical cyclones obey the law; Evolutionary genomics: Chicken surprise; Sea-level patterns in the Indian
Ocean; A successful pathogen; Seeing uranium nitride in a new light; GPCR
assemblies in view

A large-scale genetic screen reveals a factor that makes rheumatoid arthritis patients’ joints vulnerable to immune attack

Sheets of cells stick together by monitoring and responding to the pull of their neighbors