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Prokaryotic Aging: Breaking through the ?Cell Cycle? LimitationThe power of logical reasoning for biological research is witnessed with the breakthrough in prokaryotic aging studies.
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New Bacterial Life Model Carried by an Electronic Eastern WindA research article published in Science in China [42(6): 644-654, 1999 (English); 29(6): 571-579, 1999 (Chinese)] reports a successful long-term real-time continuous observation on bacteria living in liquid suspension. The observations led to a proposal of new bacterial life model. This new model claims that two bacteria formed from one bacterium have a parent-child relationship and bacterial age should be defined by the chronological time it experiences and not by its reproduction stage.
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A Pioneer Award Has Been Used for Stealing Credit from a True PioneerLiu’s prediction of non-random DNA strand segregation and precise drawings of the retaining of old template DNA strand by the mother cell and receiving of young template DNA strand by the daughter cell has been published for years. Thomas A. Rando of Stanford University knew aboutthe existence of such publications but omitted them entirely in both his research publication and review. His downright distortion of history and his outright credit robbery is a more serious offense than any other experimental data fabrication and falsification misconduct because it is an insult to science and a crime to humanity.
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Stop Playing the Cell Differentiation Tune for CaulobacterSince the beginning researchers studying Caulobacter have claimed that this asymmetrical bacterium goes through a cell differentiation process so that its asymmetric cell division yields two progenies with different development fates. However, careful literature analysis and new experimental evidence indicate this conclusion is a fiction. Why not stop playing the cell differentiation tune for Caulobacter?
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Extending Life Span by SENS: Does It Make a Logical Sense?In this essay that was submitted to MIT Technol. Rev. but rejected on the ground of “substandard” English, step-wise revelation of the illogical nature of the SENS cure for aging is provided. It is hoped that, by using SENS as an extreme example, public should realize that scientific conclusions must follow logical reasoning and specialized knowledge must conform to general principles. Illogical hypotheses, no matter how attractive they are, should subject to more scrutiny before they are placed into testing, especially when they will consume huge amount of money and carry with some serious consequences.
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