Torture laid bare

Skin development: Delta laid bare

Notch signalling is best known for its role in lateral inhibition, where it acts to prevent differentiation of cells neighbouring one that has 'won out' in a competition to differentiate. Recent results suggest that Notch signalling can work in the opposite way, and promote differentiation of the receiving cells.

Clathrin Coats— Threads Laid Bare

vesicles, and possibly at other transport steps. Recent progress has provided insights into molecular interactions that govern clathrin coat dynamics. Now, ter Haar Babak Pishvaee and Gregory S. Payne Department of Biological Chemistry UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, California 90095 et al. (1998) report in this issue of Cell the crystal structure of the clathrin heavy chain amino-terminal...

Contributory torture.

Sir, Contributory torture occurs when the behavior of the offender influences the behavior of the interrogator or, in a broader sense, anyone disciplining the offender. The word contributory is used because if the offender acts up, he/she is part of the reason for the type of punishment he/she receives. For example, if two people are arrested and one follows the directions of the officer and th...

Surviving torture.

Tame to Torture: Psychosexual Correlations of Sex, Violence and Torture

This paper discusses the psychosexual correlations and psychological consequences related to torture and behavioral acts that are fundamentally torturous. The influence of participation by learning and the relationship of acts to thought and thought to acts are further discussed to raise awareness to the effects of torture on the torturer. Theories from multiple disciplines are presented in an ...