Starting at the Bench

Women at the Bench

Single time point assessment is usually employed in the Human Tumour Cloning System as the only parameter for in vitro growth. This does not seem to give a fair expression of the dynamic biological properties of tumour growth and time dependent effects, e.g. of cytotoxic drugs. We studied the time course of colony formation in temporal growth patterns (TGPs) and compared this method of growth e...

Starting at the beginning, ending at the end.

In this issue of the Journal, we present the final article in our yearlong series on education and training in pathology and laboratory medicine. This article, by Hsieh and Nolan,1 is based on the results of a survey of pathology residents designed to assess the confidence, knowledge, and skills of residents at the beginning of residency training. Understanding where residents begin in terms of...

Neurite Extension: Starting at the Finish Line

The outgrowth of axons and dendrites from neuronal cell bodies to their appropriate targets is the canonical means of creating new processes. Heiman and Shaham (2009) now show that neuronal processes can also be made by anchoring dendrite tips at their target locations while the cell body pulls away, a process termed retrograde extension.

Pictures at Bedside and Bench

Pulsating Forming at Headbox Consistency in Bench