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Recruit more molecular and cell biologists (and their students) to contribute to Wikipedia. Categorization of articles about proteins. See List of proteins. Organizing and upgrading articles about proteins. See the section on infoboxes. List of MCB articles by quality — adopt an article to work on! Other Notes Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology/Collaboration of the Month needs more input!

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I have made a new article on genetics... could i get all to add the article to your watch list! Indigenous Amerindian genetics we need to watch for vandalism..new with no watchers .. Tks guys!!!!!

List of vegetable fats

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Immune system

Immune system is an FA; it was suddenly rewritten, and this needs discussion here. Materialscientist (talk) 05:12, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Merge Methylase and Methyltransferase

Merge Methylase and Methyltransferase--92.203.50.213 (talk) 14:21, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Y Done Boghog (talk) 16:32, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Controversy over reviews

On the Talkpage:Pomegranate and the Talkpage:Cranberry a discussion is taking place pertaining to 1) the health effects of the aforementioned fruit and berry, and 2) whether the reviews could belong to the ‘further reading’ – section? I am hoping for a larger community input. Do you have time to take a look? Thank you. Granateple (talk) 19:19, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Prolactin and Multiple Sclerosis

Stated Low Prolactin Levels are associated with the precursor cells to oligodendrocytes that are responsible for creation of Myelin. Lesions in Myelin in time and place is Multiple Sclerosis (MS). There are too many associations with low prolactin levels and MS. Prolactin secretion levels are affected by pineal gland (the third eye sensing levels of light and regulation of circadian cycle. This corresponds to epidemiological data showing high levels of MS in the most northern latitudes, UK, Finland, etc.)at a youthful age in development. If the individual’s youthful development is in the lower latitude levels say South Africa and moves to say UK at the adult age, the individual takes his low risk with him. If the individual moves to the higher latitude locations at the youthful age, he adopts the high risk of MS of the high latitude location. This shows a link with the amount of sunlight availability and the endocrinological control system responsible for creating prolactin.

MS incidence appears to have some relation to post-pregnancy. Again prolactin at play.

My personal observation of dopamine surge activities lacking physical exertion such as gambling and drug use have some association with incidence of MS. It can be explained by the patho-mechanism of excess dopamine levels inhibiting prolactin secretions thereby having the low prolactin levels cause the dying off of the precursor cells to the oligodendrocytes and thereby causing MS.

Another relation between MS and prolactin is ACTH. ACTH secreted by anterior pituitary causes adrenal secretions of cortisol. Personal experience recalls use of ACTH to reverse remissions in MS? Prolactin is also released at the anterior pituitary.

More thought and research to the hormonal, humoral and neural control properties of prolactin may help in better understanding the patho-mechanism of MS.

166.250.44.189 (talk) 08:04, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Major Depressive Disorder (Vincent van Gogh: "At Eternity's Gate")

I refer the group to this thread on the Talk page at Major Depressive Disorder concerning the use of Vincent van Gogh's painting "At Eternity's Gate" in that article and to this comment of mine pointing out it has no place in the article and should be removed.

The essence of the complaint is that is fully documented that van Gogh's painting is not at all, nor was ever meant to be, a portrayal of depressive disorder but is rather merely a study of an old man. For that reason alone it should be removed for reasons of encyclopaedic accuracy.

As it stands it necessarily makes a judgement about the nature of depressive disorder, that it necessarily implies despair, even that it necessarily implies suicidal ideation (because of its title and van Gogh's own well known suicide). It is very much to be regretted indeed in my opinion that a Wikipedia administrator, Casliber, a practicising psychiatrist it seems but a poor historian of art, appears to be the prime mover behind perpetuating these poor judgements.

It also mythologises Vincent van Gogh himself who took the greatest care to separate his difficulties in life from his work; the nature of whose illness is not settled but which is not certainly typical of a depressive disorder; who is not documented as suffering from suicidal depressive moods in the last months of his life when this painting was completed and whose suicide itself has in the past year been plausibly questioned by a respected source as rather a manslaughter.

I ask that the image be removed. If it is felt necessary, and I cannot imagine why it should be, that the article be illustrated by a fine art image, then I suggest the original image, Durer's Melancholia, be reinserted. Skirtopodes (talk) 22:33, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

This is the wrong forum. If you have a disagreement about something, consider trying dispute resolution. JFW | T@lk 23:51, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

How to post articles from PLoS Computational Biology that are designed for Wikipedia

Last September, there was a discussion (archive) on whether and how academic journals - namely PLoS Computational Biology - could partner up with Wikipedia to improve coverage of areas within their scope. An update has just been posted here, and your feedback is invited. -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 16:44, 17 January 2012 (UTC)