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Published twice a year, Paradigm magazine reports on life sciences research at Whitehead Institute and beyond, exploring science and its role in the social, scientific and political world around us.







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Fall 2007 issue of Paradigm
Behind the scenes of an astonishing leap in embryonic stem cell science
Shedding light on cancer stem cells
Mouse from reprogrammed adult cells

Also in this issue:

Research stories


Pumping up
Researchers probe the diverse roles of mTOR proteins in growth, cancer and bodybuilding

The human side of monkeypox
In the Congo, Kate Rubins and colleagues study the smallpox-like disease

Weigh cool
Images from a deep-ultraviolet microscope shows the mass of cell proteins and DNA

Whitehead tales (781 kb pdf or 6.2 mb jpg)
Prions -- How good proteins go bad

Science and society


State of research
If Massachusetts puts big bucks into biomedical research, where should the money go?

Unsung heroines
While young researchers come and go, career technicians keep the labs humming

Fast FAQs: Learning about life
What do university students need to know about biology?

Window on Whitehead: Freakonomics and freakobiology
Expecting the unexpected in basic biomedical research

Patient with monkeypox
Crafted for attack
What monkeypox can tell us about smallpox
[read more]


Illustration of a prion
Proteins gone bad
The story of how proteins are converted into disease-causing prions
[781 kb pdf or 6.2 mb jpg]


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