ScienceWatch.com, September 2010
Tracking Trends and Performance in Global Research Since 1989
Citation Superstar Andrew Feinberg
Andrew Feinberg from Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, discusses his 2007 NATURE paper,
"Phenotypic plasticity and the epigenetics of human disease." This paper
has been named as a
Current
Classic (Multidisciplinary) paper for
April
2010.
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New Hot Paper & Fast Moving Fronts Commentary
Dennis E. Discher
...Talks About Controlling Cell Culture Environments
From the interview: "The classic nature vs. nurture question also applies to stem cells and cell differentiation. As kids grow, their genes influence many of their features, but so does their general environment such as whether they are driven everywhere or need to walk a lot..."
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Claude Champagne
...on Increasing Consumer Demand for Probiotics in Foods.
From the interview: "The information targets the food industry instead of the health community. Consumers increasingly ask for "bioactive" ingredients (probiotics, antioxidants etc) in foods rather than in pills. Unfortunately, probiotic bacteria tend to die during the..."
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