Alan Logan, ND – Valedictorian of the 2001 graduating class of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine; director of CAM Research Consulting, Mahwah, New Jersey; completing a graduate degree in neuroscience at the University of Hartford. Correspondence address: 13 Stonewall Court, Mahwah NJ 07430 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Omega-3 fatty acids have been the subject of volumes of inte...

Hydroxyurea, a well-known DNA replication inhibitor, induces cell cycle arrest and intact checkpoint functions are required to survive DNA replication stress induced by this genotoxic agent. Perturbed DNA synthesis also results in elevated levels of DNA damage. It is unclear how organisms prevent accumulation of this type of DNA damage that coincides with hampered DNA synthesis. Here, we report...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Most understandings of successful aging are developed within a heteronormative cultural framework, leading to a dearth of theoretical and empirical scholarship relevant to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) older adults. This study explores the experiences of transgender persons who contemplate or pursue a gender transition in later life in order to deve...

Between 1858 and 1865, the great Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle wrote a 6-volume opus on the life and times of King Frederick the Great of Prussia. This work had followed his 1841 masterpiece “On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History.” In these publications, Carlyle developed what we now call the “Great Man” theory of history. This states that “the history of the world is but a biog...

Since the Stonewall uprisings, there has been greater social acceptance of homosexuality within Western contexts. Nevertheless, those who are at intersection more than one minority identity continue to face prejudice and discrimination, including homophobia racism. Though increasing work regarding experiences sexual people colour (POC), a lacuna remains British Muslim South Asian men integratio...

Frederic Webster, chief preparator at the Carnegie Museum (CM) from 1897 to 1907, is credited by some for “rescuing” Lion Attacking a Dromedary (LAD) destruction American of Natural History. Webster's work on LAD was not his only involvement with preparation and display controversial bones, however. Webster mounted hide bones Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson's war horse, Little So...

During Drosophila oogenesis, germline stem cell (GSC) identity is maintained largely by preventing the expression of factors that promote differentiation. This is accomplished via the activity of several genes acting either in the GSC or in its niche. The translational repressors Nanos and Pumilio act in GSCs to prevent differentiation, probably by inhibiting the translation of early differenti...

The practice among queer people of compiling lists famous historical figures that modern eyes may comfortably identify as and/or trans* persists, and has persisted, a form communal transmission memory for over century half. These collections names, described in this article ‘gay lists’ the spirit their frequently casual deployment, acted key element history well before Stonewall Uprising rooted...