The
Hottest Research of 1998-99
  ust when you thought you'd never have to read another
word about the end of the just-departed millennium, Science Watch
weighs in with its customary look back at the hottest of recent research.
Above are the scientists who, as of the end of 1999, had published the
highest number of highly cited reports over the last two years, according to
the latest update of ISI's Hot Papers
Database....
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 HHMI's Hermann Steller
on Life with Cell Death
Considering that the human body is composed of more cells than the Milky Way has stars, it’s not surprising that 100,000 or so are dying off every second, while an equal number are being created to replace them.
Since 1972 this natural process of cell death has been known as "apoptosis," from the Greek word for "falling away." It has been likened to the process of deciduous trees shedding their leaves every autumn. Gradually, researchers have come to understand that cell death and cell suicide are not just common in organisms–business as usual–but are crucial to survival, development, and health. And laboratory researchers are...
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