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- Cell growth: RAC1 sizes up mTOR. Schuldt, Alison // Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology;Jun2011, Vol. 12 Issue 6, p343
The author discusses the study which observes that conditional deletion of RAC1 from primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), B cells or T cells reduced cell size.
- JDF NEWS. // Countdown;Summer2002, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p48
Reports global developments related to medicine as of July 2002. Support of Australian Prime Minister John Howard for embryonic stem cell research; Sponsorship of the 'Roaring '20s Remembered' gala by UnitedHealthcare; Launch of the Arizona Chapter's Promise Gala 2002.
- Back to the Future. Beardsley, Timothy M. // BioScience;Sep2007, Vol. 57 Issue 8, p643
The article discusses reports published within the issue including Sa Cai, Xiaobing Fu and Zhiyong Sheng on alternative ways of producing human cells using embryonic stem cells.
