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Riet van Bremen's last lesson dealt with the representation of Hellenistic neos in the plastic arts and through certain portraits or anecdotes handed down through literary tradition, since it is only through these that we can form an idea of their …

Stable nanoparticles capable of specifically binding to cancer cells and delivering high doses of therapeutic compounds could be transformational for cancer therapy by making drug delivery into cancer cells more efficient, while reducing toxic side …

Atoms and photons are the principal cases of microscopic particles, the hallmarks of quantum objects. For more than a century they have served as conceptual models to understand and investigate the microscopic structure of matter. More than 30 years ago …

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In Book IV (53-55) of his Histories , Polybius describes the civil war that tore the city of Gortyne apart from 221 to 219 BC, a conflict in which the neoi (or neoteroi ) violently opposed the presbyteroi . This rupture, apparently presented as …

Self-Assembly Living systems provide us many examples of intricately organized composite architectures preserved in silica or calcium carbonate. Most natural composites are formed by complex biomineralization processes; however, recently, self-assembly …

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In Cyzique, on the shores of the Propontide (Sea of Marmara), among the considerable gifts made to the people of this city by Philetairos, first dynast of Pergamon (OGIS 748 ) , we find mention of a sum of 26 talents of silver offered "for the oil and …

While the term neoi is generally used in Greek literature to designate young people, as opposed to gerontes , or middle-aged men, it also defines, in the institutions of Hellenistic cities, a category that clearly distinguishes young citizens, aged …

Joseph Goldstein and I met in June 1966 when we both joined the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston as medical interns. Joe had graduated from Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas, one of the youngest medical schools in the UnitedStates. I …

Starvation is a major cause of death in the world, killing more than 6 million children each year. Throughout evolution famine has been a constant threat to all animal species. As a result, evolution has selected for powerful mechanisms to maintain life …

In the 1970s, Joseph Goldstein and I discovered that the level of low density lipoprotein (LDL) in plasma is controlled by the number of LDL receptors on liver cells. We also found that the production of LDL receptors is regulated. When liver cells are …