Manic-depression findings spark polarized debate

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New research supporting the more than one gene theory involving manic-depression has met criticism from two Stanford geneticists. Two papers published in the Apr 1996 issue of Nature Genetics studied 2 isolated families in which chromosomes 18, 6, 13, and 5 are found to be associated with the disease.

Genetic aspects, Bipolar disorder, Medical genetics

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Microbiology's scarred revolutionary: Carl Woese revised the tree of life and started a new age in microbial biology by recognizing a third domain of life - but he paid the price for his radical ideas

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Woese discovered the archaea, single-celled organisms so distinguished from bacteria as to constitute a separate domain of life, in 1977, after decades of solitary, painstaking sequencing. He was rejected by the microbiology community and remains bitter for his lack of recognition.

Cover Story, Biography, Archaeabacteria, Molecular biologists, Archaea, Woese, Carl

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