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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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Nobel Prizes for Bio-Chemistry: A Bright Year for the RNA WorldLightning has struck twice on the RNA research field this year. Both Nobel Prizes for physiology/medicine and for chemistry have chosen discoveries in RNA researches as the winning topics. This may reflect a belief that, if there is no chemistry in life, then life is too dull.
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Cheating Researchers Played a Cheating GameA recent publication in PNAS continued to ignore the existence of pioneering researches and prior publications on bacterial aging despite the fact that the authors knew very well the existence of these earlier works and were even helped by the true pioneer in this research area. Why would even “friends” choose playing a cheating game instead of being honest?
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