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The importance of DNA methylation in altering the physical characteristics of an organism was proposed in the 1970s, yet it wasn't until 2003 that anyone experimented with DNA methylation quite as dramatically as Duke University oncologist Randy Jirtle and one of his postdoctoral students, Robert Waterland, did. That year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

“I always thought there should be a change,” said Extension School Professor Robert C. Benfari, who has taught in the Masters in Management Program for 25 years. “It’s an evolving organism; it goes beyond just a pure extension...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Looks To Rename A School | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

Though it has been painful for him, Whitfield's lost job should have had little effect beyond his immediate family. One lost job is a microscopic event in the massive organism of the U.S. economy. In good times, America sheds 2.5 million jobs a month but creates nearly 3 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ripple Effect | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

Though it has been painful for him, Whitfield's lost job should have had little effect beyond his immediate family. One lost job is a microscopic event in the massive organism of the U.S. economy. In good times, America sheds 2.5 million jobs a month but creates nearly 3 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ripple Effect: What One Layoff Means For A Whole Town | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

In the guts of CCD-afflicted bees, the microarray analysis showed unusual fragments of ribosomal RNA. Ribosomes are essentially the protein factories inside cells - they're vital to the health of the cell itself and the larger organism. Berenbaum believes that the presence of those genetic fragments inside the CCD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Clues in the Mass Death of Bees | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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