Editorial: do we have a new addition to our GERD treatment tool box?

do we have to consider the method of opium usage in our study?

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Editorial: Computational Neuroscience and Modeling of Diseases: Do We Need New Paradigms?

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

Editorial commentary: Primary maternal cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy: do we have a treatment option?

A primary maternal infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) during early pregnancy accounts for the majority of congenital disease due to CMV. This is a major public health problem, and in the United States approximately 9000 children are born each year with severe disabilities caused by this placental and intrauterine infection [1]. Immunity induced by infection with wild-type CMV affords women a ...

Why do we have Purkinje fibers deep in our heart?

Purkinje fibers were the first discovered component of the cardiac conduction system. Originally described in sheep in 1839 as pale subendocardial cells, they were found to be present, although with different morphology, in all mammalian and avian hearts. Here we review differences in their appearance and extent in different species, summarize the current state of knowledge of their function, a...