Cell Culture: Academy Awards

Decision Rules for the Academy Awards Versus Those for Elections

Many researchers have evaluated various decision rules to determine how well they perform in selecting winners in elections. They have established criteria to measure how well these rules perform in selecting winners with the greatest mass appeal in general elections. We evaluate such decision rules on their performance in determining winners of awards for outstanding accomplishment. We examine...

Mantle Cell Lymphoma of the Palatine Tonsil: A Rare Case Report

Changing places

The announcement this spring followed months of speculation: Kim Nasmyth will assume the Whitley Chair of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford at the start of 2006, taking over from Ed Southern. Nasmyth is presently Director of the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna and is well known for his work on the yeast cell cycle and chromosome segregation (for more details see Curr. Bi...

Just How Predictable Are the Oscars?

E ach year, hundreds of millions of people worldwide watch the television broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony, at which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) honors film-making from the previous year. Almost 6,000 members of AMPAS vote for the nominees and final winners of Academy Awards, more commonly known as Oscars, in a range of categories for directing, acting, writi...

Mesenchymal or Maintenance Stem Cell & Understanding their Role in Osteoarthritis of the Knee Joint: A Review Article

Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) therapy in osteoarthritis has been hailed as a promising treatment for osteoarthritis dueto their unlimited potential of healing and regeneration. Existing literature regarding their proper name, optimal sources,mechanisms of action, dosage, and route of administration, efficacy, and safety is debatable. This index review articlehas tried to connect...