Biographies Of The Immortals

Fallen Immortals

The memory of somatic cell gene expression is reset in the germline in a process that is accompanied by dramatic changes in chromatin modifications. In this issue, Katz et al. (2009) show that the histone demethylase Lsd1/Spr-5 may participate in this resetting process in the worm, thereby preventing a decline in germ cell epigenetic stability and viability over ensuing generations.

Biographies

Dr. Eric M. Meslin is Director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, Professor of Medicine, and of Medical and Molecular Genetics in the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Professor of Philosophy in the School of Liberal Arts. He is also Assistant Dean for Bioethics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Meslin received his B.A. in Philosophy from York University (T...

The Cognitive Biographies of Things

In this paper I argue that there is much to gain by constructing “cognitive biographies of things”. These are accounts that detail the history of an artefact and its use, focus on the physical changes undergone by the artefact over time, and draw out the cognitive corollaries of those changes. There are a number of reasons for why we might want to construct such biographies. If we subscribe to ...

Biographies

Tuberculosis (Biographies of Disease)

The Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections, held March 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, brought the issue of antimicrobial drug resistance to the forefront. Results of a survey that polled members of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America regarding critical knowledge gaps and research priorities were presented. Respondents reported that 3 of the 5...