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Scientists in 1994: Note:
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Steve Ley Looks to Organic Chemistry's Future
*January 1994
Organic synthesis underpins much that is important in
modern society. Without it there would be no new healing drugs, ...
Pierre Chambon
Surveys Retinoid Research
*February 1994
One of the most fundamental and complex processes in
cells—and one of the most active areas in molecular biology today ...
Astronomer
Martin Rees Eyes Active
Galaxies
*March 1994
Martin J. Rees was just graduating from mathematics at
the University of Cambridge when quasars were discovered in ...
Joseph
Schlessinger Recaps Ras Signaling
*May 1994
Over the past two years, work on the Ras signaling
pathway has invariably led observers to describe a "convergence" of ...
Caltech's
Don Anderson Sizes Up
Seismology
*June 1994
Seismology was a young but well-established science in
1955, when Don L. Anderson received his bachelor of science ...
Pierre
Sokoloffon Schizophrenia and the D3 Receptor
*July/August 1994
Nearly a century after the term
"schizophrenia" was coined to describe the tragic condition characterized by
delusions and ...
Stephen
Hawking on the Theory of Everything, Among Other Things
*September 1994
Stephen Hawking is world-renowned for his discoveries
on the nature of space and time and for his authorship of a ...
Laval's
Fernand
Labrie on Hormones and Cancer
*October 1994
The prostate gland may be the most discreet of organs.
While playing an essential role in sperm transport and ...
Tony Hunter Seeks Secrets of
Transduction
*November/December 1994
The cell is a complicated and sophisticated machine,
subjected to a blizzard of chemical signals that control every aspect of ...
Astronomer
Caltech's
Laval's
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