Educational Courage: Conquering Our Cowardly Lion

Conquering cancer in our lifetime: new diagnostic and therapeutic trends.

Cancer has now surpassed cardiovascular disease as the number 1 killer of both men and women (1 ). Approximately 1 of 3 of us will develop cancer during our lifetime. Despite the war on cancer declared more than 40 years ago by President Richard Nixon, the battle has not yet been won, despite a substantial investment in resources. The US National Cancer Institute has an annual budget of approxi...

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"Our educational institutions have failed ..."

Neben den Hochschulen, als klassische Ausbildungsstätten für Informatiker mit jeweils unterschiedlicher Ausrichtung, sind eine große Zahl von kommerziellen Trainingsanbietern vorhanden. Meist werden in Weiterbildungskursen spezielle Themen aus dem IT-Bereich angeboten. Eine Tendenz ist derzeit zu erkennen, auch Grundlagenwissen in Kursen zu vermitteln. Ein dreistufiges Qualifizierungsprogramm i...

Conquering Neutrophils

Neutrophils are the most abundant innate immune cells, making up 50%–70% of all leukocytes. Neutrophils are the “first responders” of host defense, preventing infections by deploying sophisticated antimicrobial strategies acting in concert. As neutrophils are short-living cells, they are continuously produced and released from the bone marrow in abundance (>10 per day). Circulating neutrophils ...

Tutorial Distance Learning: Rebuilding Our Educational System

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