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Thousands of tourists have poured into Berlin to mark the anniversary [Reuters]

20 Years After the Wall: Why So Few East German Directors?
Full story at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5954/791?sa_campaign=Email/sntw/6-November-2009/10.1126/science.326_791

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20 Years After the Wall: Profile: Hübner Family: Big Dreams Come True
Andrew Curry* An East German family of scientists reflects on life before and after 1989. Full story at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5954/792?sa_campaign=Email/sntw/6-November-2009/10.1126/science.326_792

Cell Biology:

As It Happens

Helen Pickersgill

RNA polymerase moves information from the genome (DNA) into pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA), from which introns are removed and exons are ligated to make a mature mRNA. To follow the progress of transcription on single genes from start to finish, Wada et al. chose five long human genes whose expression could be switched on by the cytokine tumor necrosis factor–. Putting together snapshots taken at 7.5-min intervals for 3 hours, they documented the waves of RNA synthesized by polymerase, with each molecule of enzyme jumping on at the transcription start site and hopping off over 100 kb away. During each round, upstream introns were excised as the polymerase moved downstream, often before the next intron was reached. Furthermore, it appeared that later rounds of transcription were begun and continued for a few kilobases before being aborted, as if the polymerases were colliding with a checkpoint that kept track of downstream occupancy of the gene. Each wave of transcription traveled at 3 kb m^–1, although the accumulation of polymerase at regions bound by the insulator proteins CTCF and cohesion, both of which are involved in chromosome looping, suggested that polymerase may be held up at specific sites.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106, 18357 (2009).

Internal Affairs

Mitch Leslie  To keep watch for internal intruders, a cell deploys a cytoplasmic surveillance system that parallels the one detecting menaces outside of its membrane. When infiltrating pathogens trip one of these alarms, the cell retaliates with measures that range from instigating inflammation to committing suicide in a way that alerts other cells to the threat. In turn, microbes have evolved a plethora of countermeasures to disrupt, deceive, and dodge these intracellular weapons. The medical importance of our cells' internal defenses goes beyond battling pathogens. Errant responses by these alarm systems underlie illnesses such as gout, Crohn's disease, which is a type of intestinal inflammation, and the lung deterioration provoked by asbestos. Some of what scientists have learned about the mechanisms of such diseases has already made it to the clinic: The discovery that faulty microbial receptors inside the cell are behind several rare but debilitating "fever syndromes" inspired a successful new treatment for those conditions. Researchers have been testing the same drug against gout. Furthermore, scientists have just realized that a chemical long used to boost the effectiveness of vaccines might work by activating one of the cell's internal tripwires. This insight could lead to the production of better, safer ingredients for future immunizations.

Full story at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5955/929?sa_campaign=Email/sntw/13-November-2009/10.1126/science.326.5955.929

CREDIT: CHAUDHRY ET AL.

Outfoxing Immune Excess

  Immune responses are kept in check by Foxp3-expressing CD4⁺-regulatory T cells (T_regs) through a variety of mechanisms. Expression of specific transcription factors directs T_reg responses into distinct T helper cell lineages; however, the transcription factors that regulate particular helper lineages have not been completely characterized. Chaudhry et al. (p. 986, published online 1 October) show that the transcription factor Stat3, that is required for the initial differentiation of T_H17-effector T cells, is also required for T_reg cell-mediated suppression of T_H17-mediated immune responses. Mice carrying a T_reg cell-specific deletion in Stat3 succumb to an intestinal inflammatory disease driven by uncontrolled T_H17 responses. Thus, different classes of immune responses can result from the expression of helper lineage–specific transcription factors.

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      ^{Quantum Division}

^{The notion of quantum mechanics is that variables are expressed as integer values. In quantum fluids, for instance, vortices are quantized in terms of the polarization and phase shifts observed as multiples of 2, that is, full rotations of each variable around the vortex core. Theoretical work has predicted that in some instances there should be half-quantum vortices, where circumventing the vortex core is characterized by just rotations of the phase and polarization. By observing exciton-polariton condensates Lagoudakis et al. (p. 974) present evidence for the existence of these long-predicted half-quantum vortices.}

After reading the above get a load of this....Gandalf Boost for spin-based electronics

ANTI-GRAVITY PROPULSION ENGINE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSHD9rJWHiE 

If you are with me on this, You are good my friends, you get it; and thank you.  

 Gandalf