In a book review, Sydney Brenner looks at James Watson's "Avoid Boring People," looking in particular at the lessons Watson professes to have learned along the way. (Unfortunately, GTO can think of a lesson or two that could have come a lot sooner to Jim.)
In a perspectives piece, Rama Ranganathan at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center looks at research into cell signaling, with a focus on how G protein-coupled receptors perform cross-membrane activity.
This paper from senior author Noel Clark at the University of Colorado, Boulder, looks at stacking mechanisms and liquid crystal condensation properties of DNA duplexes in the six- to 12-base-pair range.
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