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MARCH 2018
Contents
THE SCIENTIST
THE-SCIENTIST.COM
VOLUME 32 NUMBER 3
© ANA YAEL; CHRISTINA WARINNER; © N.R. FULLER, SAYO-ART LLC
Features
ON THE COVER: ILLUSTRATION BY ANA YAEL
26
The Transgender Brain
Researchers are probing the neural roots
of gender dysphoria.
BY SHAWNA WILLIAMS
34
The Ghosts of Proteins Past
The field of paleoproteomics is gathering
steam in its quest to use ancient peptides
to explore the history of life on Earth.
BY CATHERINE OFFORD
42
Eating Yourself to Live
As researchers uncover new molecular
details of the process of autophagy,
potential therapeutic targets emerge.
BY VIKRAMJIT LAHIRI AND
DANIEL J. KLIONSKY
03.2018 | THE SCIENTIST
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