Tag: cancer
Studying Biology with System Engineering Principles
As a biologist, I’ve often wondered what the best way is to integrate engineering ideas in biology research.
Medicine’s “Sacred Space” — Grossly Violated
When my dad was dying, I saw both sides of the healthcare world, one that fought to save a life and the other that was coldly indifferent, even eager to end it.
My Briar Patch: Notes of a Country Doctor
It took me about twenty years after medical school to break free of the intellectual “comfort” afforded by the mechanistic consensus.
Engineered Elegance: Generating the Wait Anaphase Signal
Even a single unattached kinetochore is sufficient to trigger the wait anaphase signal, which inhibits activation of the APC/C that drives entry into anaphase.
Disease-Associated “Junk” DNA Is Evidence of Function
When you mess with the “junk,” the result is problems. That doesn’t sound like junk DNA to me.