Editor's Gloss: Between Danger and Opportunity

Thunderstorm asthma: potential danger but a unique opportunity

Publication: a dialogue between authors and editors.

Soon after we took over as editors of Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2003 we were alerted by a reader to a potential overlap of content between material published in Sexually Transmitted Infections and in The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. We investigated this and took our concerns to The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We subsequently published a Notice of...

Specular Gloss

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Integration of Retroviruses: A Fine Balance between Efficiency and Danger

0022 One of the key characteristics of retroviruses is their ability to integrate a copy of the DNA reverse-transcribed from their viral RNA genome into host cell DNA. This integration is mediated by a preintegration complex (PIC) comprising viral DNA, reverse transcriptase, and integrase, as well as poorly characterized host proteins [1]. It is this property that makes retroviruses good vector...

Danger Theory: The Link between AIS and IDS?

We present ideas about creating a next generation Intrusion Detection System (IDS) based on the latest immunological theories. The central challenge with computer security is determining the difference between normal and potentially harmful activity. For half a century, developers have protected their systems by coding rules that identify and block specific events. However, the nature of curren...