Go Forth and Do Good

Go forth or multiply

A cell can move and reproduce, but it usually can't do both simultaneously. As Makagiansar et al. report on page 155, the pattern of phosphorylation on a membrane proteoglycan helps determine whether cells grow or go. The phosphory-lation differences direct the molecule to distinct parts of the cell membrane. Even cancer cells have to slow down before they can divide, as do normal progenitor ce...

Do not go gentle into that good night.

In the past decade, more than 800 United States hospitals closed their doors forever. Many were psychiatric hospitals. Mental health professionals should be especially aware of the pain that hospital closure may cause for patients, staff, families, and communities and how the adverse effects of their varied grief reactions may last for years. Responsible clinical and administrative leaders can ...

"Do not go gentle into that good night"--Dylan Thomas.

Go Forth and Colonize: Dispersal from Clinically Important Microbial Biofilms.

The past two decades have witnessed remarkable developments in the field of microbial biofilm research, with the implementation of advanced molecular technologies enabling in-depth understanding of the sessile lifestyle across a variety of systems and organisms. The keen focus on biofilms is justified mostly because of their significant clinical impact, which has prompted the need to explore, m...

Cytokinesis: Cells Go Back and Forth about Division

An elegant quantitative model to explain cellular oscillations during cytokinesis reveals a novel function for polar blebbing and raises the question as to why cells live right on the edge.