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Scientific insurgents say 'Journal Impact Factors' distort science

Eureka! Science News -- An ad hoc coalition of unlikely insurgents... posted an international declaration calling on the world scientific community to eliminate the role of the journal impact factor (more)

Meeting targets lab lapses

Nature.com -- The Journal of Cell Biology has consistently revoked about 1% of accepted publications for image manipulation over the past decade (more)

Progerin's 'discrimination' may contribute to fatal disease HGPS

Science Codex -- A mutant protein responsible for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome (HGPS) bars large proteins from entering the nucleus (more)

Researchers Find New Target for Cancer Treatment

Laboratory Equipment -- Researchers have uncovered mutations in the phosphatase Wip1 that enable cancer cells to foil the tumor suppressor p53 (more)

FANCJ overcomes fork barriers

Nat. Cell Biol. --The authors find that FANCJ helicase activity is needed to facilitate replication in the presence of replication stress (more)

Cell cycle: A checkpoint escape

Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. -- Shao et al. reveal that Xenopus laevis oocytes do not respond to a SAC (more)

Jak wykryć photoshopowe machlojki...

Wirtualna Polska -- Redaktor Journal of Cell Biology mówi z kolei, że odrzucają około 1 proc. publikacji, z "ulepszonymi" zdjęciami mikroskopowymi, które przeszły wcześniejsza weryfikację naukową (more)

Geniile României care au schimbat lumea Citeste mai mult: adev.ro/mle56m

Adevărul -- Împreună cu Keith Porter, a editat revista "The Journal of Cell Biology" (Revista de Biologie Celulară), una dintre cele mai importante publicaţii ştiinţifice (more)

Alterazione proteina fra cause distrofie

ANSA.it -- The alteration of oscurina, a protein normally present in the muscles may cause muscular dystrophy (more)

Mezzo secolo per la microscopia elettronica universitaria

gonews -- Mezzo secolo fa, nel 1963, sulla prestigiosa rivista americana “Journal of Cell Biology” uscì l’articolo... derivò dagli studi condotti nel Centro di Microscopia Elettronica appena costituito (more)