biobytes: April 6, 2009
The Rockefeller University Press
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In the April 6th edition of biobytes, we learn from Sergei Sokol (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York) about a polarity protein's role in brain development (Lake and Sokol, JCB), we find out from Paul Anderson (Harvard University, Boston, MA) and Roy Parker (University of Arizona, Tucson) how stressed cells act on their destructive urges by chopping up tRNAs (Yamasaki et al., JCB; Thompson and Parker, JCB); and Jonathan Sprent (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia) tells us about a new cytokine/antibody combination that protects transplanted cells in recipient animals without the need for long-term immunosuppression (Webster et al., JEM). The show was written presented and produced by Ruth Williams, with additional reporting by Justin Paul.
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00:30 - brain development and asymmetric cell division; 04:58 - cell stress; 11:03 - an alternative to immunosuppressive drugs?
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