Maintaining the identity of acinar cells in the pancreas could help to prevent the development of pancreatic cancer.

The centrosome serves as the primary micro-tubule-organizing center in animal cells and, consequently, functions in many processes, such as migration and formation of the mitotic spindles. The centrosome consists of a pair of centrioles surrounded by pericentriolar material (PCM), the platform for microtubule nucle-ation. The pair of centrioles duplicate once per cell cycle to ensure the equal ...

Palliative cancer care is the integration into oncologic care of therapies that address the issues that cause physical and psychosocial suffering for the patient and family. Effective provision of palliative cancer care requires an interdisciplinary team that can provide care in all settings (home, inpatient, and outpatient). There is clear evidence for improved outcomes in multiple domains-sym...

A s Roseanne Rosannadanna used to say on Saturday Night Live to questions from Mr. Richard Feder of Fort Lee, New Jersey, " Well, Jane, it just goes to show you, it's always something—if it ain't one thing, it's another. " Magnets have been associated with pacemaker and implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) therapy since the beginnings of both therapies. Before sophisticated software-bas...

Is more always better? We address this question in the context of bibliometric indices that aim to assess the scientific impact of individual researchers by counting their number of highly cited publications. We propose a simple model in which the number of citations of a publication depends not only on the scientific impact of the publication but also on other ‘random’ factors. Our model indic...