Post-docs take up ARMS

Q&A: Joan Brugge on empowering post-docs.

When we were studying the YAP oncogene, we noted that down-regulation of YAP caused an exceptionally dramatic phenotype during cytokinesis. That was diffi cult to ignore, so we initiated a project to understand how YAP controls cytokinesis to provide insight into its function. In another case, we observed that when cells were detached from their extracellular matrix, one cell would literally in...

Why take up rheumatology?

“Take it up a NOTCH

Long-term survival of ovarian cancer patients is poor due to lack of early detection and high rates of therapeutic failure and chemoresistance. It is estimated that 15,500 women in the United States will die of ovarian cancer this year, and that nearly 23,000 more will receive a first-time diagnosis, 67% of whom will present with advanced stage disease (stages III and IV). Only 5,200 of those a...

Take up DNSSEC When Needed

The threats of caching poisoning attacks largely stimulate the deployment of DNSSEC. Being a strong but demanding cryptographical defense, DNSSEC has its universal adoption predicted to go through a lengthy transition. Thus the DNSSEC practitioners call for a secure yet lightweight solution to speed up DNSSEC deployment while offering an acceptable DNSSEC-like defense. This paper proposes a new...

Managing Medicaid Take-Up Children and the Take-Up Challenge: Renewal Processes in Medicaid and CHIP

As states have expanded eligibility for children under Medicaid and CHIP, it has become abundantly clear that a substantial gap exists between policy promise and implementation performance. Many children who qualify for these programs are not enrolled in them. This take-up deficit has prompted a range of stakeholders to launch initiatives to bring down barriers to participation in Medicaid and ...