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Perhaps we could just "Boycott everything"
This month, Howy Jacobs draws lessons from the Vietnam War and Soviet Russia to ask the question: is an academic boycott ever relevant and appropriate?
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Academic Freedom?
Steven Rose makes his case for an academic boycott of Israel in response to the situation of Palestinian scientists.
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Short is sweet
EMBO reports is dedicated to short-format reports; short will be sweet from January 2010. Read on >>
November cover
This month's cover is inspired by the Scientific Report from Numoto et al.
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VDAC2 is required for truncated BID-induced mitochondrial apoptosis by recruiting BAK to the mitochondria
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featured scientific reports
p65 maintains senescence
How NF-kB functions in normal cells prior to immortalization and transformation is poorly investigated. Using a senescence model to mimic a tumor suppressor barrier that cells must overcome to initiate immortalization, Wang and colleagues describe how NF-kB functions in pre-neoplastic cells by maintaining a senescence state through its regulation of DNA repair and genomic stability.
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review highlights
RNAPII regulates gene expression states
RNA polymerase II has been found at almost every genomic location, including silent genes. Brookes & Pombo analyze its different post-translational modifications and they contribute to specify gene expression states.
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science & society highlights
Genetically modified abominations?
Our sometimes-irrational aversion to certain taboos is often rooted in rational, historical explanations. Modern societies have disposed of many historically relevant taboos, but Jakub Kwiecinski wonders whether aversion to genetically modified organisms might be one of those that remains.
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