The Duke University Magazine of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Fall 1994 Edition - Volume XI, Number 1

Editor: Chapin Rodriguez

• From the Editor
  
  
• Eureka?
  The difficulty of finding the top quark is matched only by its importance. Although physicists have strong evidence for its existence, they aren't ready to celebrate yet.
  
  
• Fighting a Deadly Enemy
  The laboratory of Dr. Cary Robertson is making strides towards understanding and successfully treating prostate cancer.
  
  
• Chlamydomonas: a Model for Eucaryote Genetics
  Two Duke scientists have worked for over two decades on an organism they would like to see become the next E. coli or yeast for genetics research.
  
  
• Genetic Detectives
  Duke's new Department of Genetics is hard at work in an attempt to understand the role of genes in disease.
  
  

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