Looking for the Emperor’s Clothes

The emperors of the schizophrenia polygene have no clothes.

A substantial body of research literature, identified by nine out of ten papers on genetics in the recent ISI research front on schizophrenia, claims to have established associations between aspects of the disease and sequence variation in specific candidate genes. These candidatures have proven unreplicated in large sibling pair linkage surveys and a targeted association study. Even if the cas...

The parasite’s new clothes

A population of stems cells continuously rejuvenates the outer surface of a human parasitic flatworm.

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

THE EMPEROR's CLOTHES

The emperor's new clothes

bewildered by my first reading of Hans Christian Anderson's 'The Emperor's New Clothes'. It was a story book with pictures, and the emperor was drawn prancing down the street in underclothes befitting the Victorian era (I was amused to discover that in today's versions he is depicted stark naked). I was disappointed with the end of the tale, not being old enough for what is, in effect, a story ...