Annals News & Perspective Turns 10

Annals of Oncology: an editorial perspective.

The oncology landscape is moving, and moving fast. Major trends of this recent evolution include: a new classification of tumors based on oncogenic events as well as pathway activation, a robust growth of early drug development programs with the surge of large phase I–II trials, unprecedented advances in immunotherapy and implementation of precision medicine initiatives. In order to face these ...

Connecticut College News Vol. 10 No. 10

News and Views Perspective

This issue of Molecular Ecology includes an exciting article by Aubin-Horth et al . in which they examine behaviour, hormone levels, and gene expression in dominant and subordinate male and female cichlid fishes of the African species Neolamprologus pulcher . Their fascinating experiments take us one important step closer to an understanding of one of life’s persistent mysteries: why males diff...

The FCTC Turns 10: Lessons From the Fist Decade

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) stands as a landmark approach to addressing a global health problem. It represents the first time the World Health Organization (WHO) used its constitutional right to negotiate an international law and the first time the Member States of WHO agreed to a collective response to chronic, non-communicable diseases. This paper draws lessons from the...

U-turns and road safety - perspective from Karachi.

U-turn is a complex driving manoeuvre entailing 180-degree turn to change the direction of travel towards the opposite direction. A cross-sectional survey based on convenience sampling was conducted at 120 U-turns in Karachi from February to October 2013. Shopkeepers operating in the close vicinity of U-turns were interviewed. Out of the 120 U-turns studied, 87(72.5%) were without median and 33...