Anti-Infective Drugs: Why Should We Pay Attention?

Epigenetics in comparative biology: why we should pay attention.

The past decade has seen an explosion of articles in scientific journals involving non-genetic influences on phenotype through modulation of gene function without changes in gene sequence. The excitement in modern molecular biology surrounding the impact exerted by the environment on development of the phenotype is focused largely on mechanism and has not incorporated questions asked (and answe...

Medication Literacy: Why Pharmacists Should Pay Attention.

Biotechnology and monstrosity. Why we should pay attention to the "yuk factor".

hat kinds of moral objections are there to W such interventions as xenotransplantation, genetic engineering, and bio-engineering generally? Ethicists today often divide moral objections firmly into two sets, those that point to dangerous consequences and those saying that the act itself is intrinsically wrong. Of course this division between act and consequence is often useful. But unless the t...

Early surgery in infective endocarditis: Why should we wait?

Abbreviations: ACC, American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; ESC, European Society of Cardiology; ICH, Intracranial haemorrhage; IE, Infective endocarditis. ∗ Corresponding author at: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henri-Mondor University Hospital, 51, avenue de Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94100 Créteil, France. E-mail address: [email protected] (J. Ternacle)...

Cognitive stimulation in ICU patients: should we pay more attention?

ICUs have raised survival rates, but they have highlighted the need to reduce the morbidity of ICU patients and improve their short-and long-term functional outcomes. Frequently these patients, especially with acute respiratory distress syndrome, present neuro-cognitive impairments [1] that extend beyond their acute phase and hospital stay and lead to signifi cant defi cits in quality of life [...