Spring Hath Sprung

http://bioengineer.org/new-gene-identified-as-cause-early-indicator-of-breast-cancer/
Published in Bioengineer.org the discovery of the discovery of a new gene that, when mutated, may be an early indicator of breast cancer. This work will be published in the American Journal of Pathology.

http://bioengineer.org/how-cancer-cells-fuel-their-growth/ Another from Bioengineer.org, about how cancer cells fuel their growth. Targeting cancer metabolism is important. This will appear in Developmental Cell.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/non-tenured-faculty-at-duke-university-vote-to-unionize-1458345199 Article in WSJ about the vote to unionize at Duke and what paying adjuncts decent wages may cost the university.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2ad2caa02e1d4e28873ee0cd99cdc85a/amid-push-transparency-few-colleges-reveal-investments  From The World, article about how information about colleges' investments through their endowments and profits therefrom are being withheld.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/03/21/what-were-doing-to-the-earth-has-no-parallel-in-66-million-years-scientists-say/
An article by Chris Mooney of the Washington Post about damage done to the earth  It is a study published in Nature-Geoscience comparing the Paleo-Eocene Thermal Maximum with what we are doing to the earth.

http://neatoday.org/2016/03/15/future-teachers-at-all-time-low/
The Network for Public Education posts a 2016 national survey polling college freshman about how many want to become teachers, 4.2% compared with 11% in 2000.

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-removed-hiv-dna-from-human-immune-cells-using-new-gene-editing-technique  From Science Alert a report of a study done at Temple University (yay!) which showed that HIV could be removed from human cells using a gene editing technique.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03nh6k2  From the BBC News Service a report of a teenage scientist who improved the technique of spirometry and won an international innovation prize.

http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2016/03/managing-emotions-key-positive-effective-parenting/ Why managing your own emotions may be important for effective parenting of your children from the PBS Parenting Blog.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2016/03/24/adjunct-professors-unionize-revealing-deeper-malaise-higher/NjqqU5YIToqhm8ZBjsK4yI/story.html Article from the Boston Globe about the unionization of its adjunct professors.

http://aplus.com/a/women-in-science-greatest-female-scientists?platform=hootsuite
From American Women In Science: 11 of History's Greatest Women Scientists