Protein
Pro: NIH's Ad Bax on NMR
Spectroscopy
January/February 1998
Over the past decade, analyzing the structure of
proteins has become considerably more than an ...
Timothy
A. Springer on Cell Adhesion Molecules
March/April 1998
It was no more than 20 years ago that biologists
believed that cell adhesion molecules were simply the glue of ...
HHMI's Graeme Bell on the Genetics of
Diabetes
May/June 1998
It is estimated that one to two percent of the world
population has diabetes mellitus, a condition defined as ...
Botanist Ghillean Prance
Champions Biodiversity
July/August 1998
Biodiversity is one of the planets most precious
resources, and the tropical rain forests harbor the bulk of this ...
HHMI's Thomas M. Jessell on Cell
Differentiation
September/October 1998
One of the salient lessons to come out of developmental
biology over the last two decades is that the mechanisms ...
UCSF's
Frank McCormick: Cold
Calculation on Cancer
November/December 1998
Most research scientists consider themselves fortunate
if they manage one fruitful career in the course of a ...