Going long

"Going long": long non-coding RNAs as biomarkers.

Going, going, gone

The decline and loss of species is inevitable in the face of growing human pressures on the environment but, according to one group of senior researchers, a standard framework is needed to assess the rate of this decline if researchers wish to be effective and policymakers are to take note.

"OMG, how long is this going to take?".

As the article in this issue by Latta and colleagues argues, the decision to treat very old elders for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) should ideally be made following a comprehensive functional assessment (CFA). However, because of the time a CFA will take on a busy day, the physician usually dreads the visit at which one is to be performed—despite the fact that a better clinical decisio...

Mitochondrial Evolution: Going, Going, Gone

Monocercomonoides is the first example of a eukaryote lacking even the most reduced form of a mitochondrion-related organelle. This has important implications for cellular processes and our understanding of reductive mitochondrial evolution across the eukaryotic tree of life.

Going, Going, Gone: Is Animal Migration Disappearing

Essay A nimal migration surely ranks as one of nature's most visible and widespread phenomena. Every minute of every day, somewhere, some place, animals are on the move. The migrants span the animal kingdom, from whales and warblers to dragonflies and salamanders. But is migration an endangered phenomenon? Around the world, many of the most spectacular migrations have either disappeared due to ...