Ahead of the Curve: Hidden breakthroughs in the biosciences: Volume 1 (IOP Expanding Physics)

This unique book is a compendium of carefully curated published papers in the biosciences, which have (or will) precipitate a profound change in prevailing paradigms and research programs. A mix of new and classic papers, it shows the limitations of current thought or identifies novel vistas for investigations that have not yet been explored. The purpose of the book is to highlight scientific gems, most unrecognized, that suggest revisions to key pillars of thought in the biological sciences and further the education of young scientists. This will be achieved by including reprints of papers that demonstrate counter-paradigm, novel directions for future research featuring commentary from current, notable researchers in a variety of areas. Preface Acknowledgements Author biographies Introduction Part I Hindsight 1 Medicine Case Study 1: Wash Your Hands Case Study 2: Chromosomes and Cancer Part II Foresight 2 Physics in cell and developmental biology Case study 3: Development Employs Forces Case study 4: Depolarization Induces Neuron Division Case Study 5: Cells Talk to Each Other via Electromagnetism Case Study 6: Ion Currents Regulate Cell Polarity References 3 Inheritance Case Study 7: Induced Eye-Defects Can Be Passed On to Future Generations Case Study 8: Heritability Via the Cytoskeleton Case Study 9: Don’t Blame Mom Case Study 10: Memory Survives Decapitation 4 Physiology and cancer Case Study 11: Random Expression Profiles Predict Breast Cancer Case Study 12: The Bright Side of Infection Case Study 13: Innervation Suppresses Tumorigenesis 5 Mathematics and modeling Case Study 14: Top-Down Causation: Not All The Work Is Done By Molecules Case Study 15: Standard Deviation not S.E.M. Case Study 16: Field Models of Pattern Formation Case Study 17: Noise and Prediction in Biology