The discovery of cytosine hydroxymethylation (5hmC) suggested a simple means of
demethylating DNA and activating genes. Further experiments, however, unearthed an …

Cigarette smoking is a major cause of coronary heart disease, stroke, aortic aneurysm, and
peripheral vascular disease. The risk is manifest both as an increased risk for thrombosis of …

This article summarizes principal findings from a conference convened by the American
Cancer Society in June 1998 to examine the health risks of cigar smoking. State-of-the-science …

Objective. —To evaluate whether tobacco advertising encourages teenagers younger than
18 years to start smoking. Design. —Comparison of 1990 California telephone survey data …

A nascent debate pits researchers who believe that hard-core smokers are coming to dominate
the remaining population of smokers against others who perceive the hardening of the …

Cytoplasmic polyadenylation-induced translation controls germ cell development 1 , 2 ,
neuronal synaptic plasticity 3 , 4 , 5 and cellular senescence 6 , 7 , a tumour-suppressor …

The disease consequence of smoking occurs disproportionately among the elderly because
of the long duration of cumulative injury or change that underlies the bulk of tobacco-caused …

INTRODUCTION Native Americans were using tobacco products in the Americas prior to
the arrival of Columbus. Tobacco was commonly used in the American colonies and …

Tobacco use was widespread in the New World by the time of the first voyage of Columbus;
however, it is only in the last century that the use of tobacco as cigarettes has been prevalent…

Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein (CPEB) stimulates polyadenylation
and translation in germ cells and neurons. Here, we show that CPEB-regulated translation is …