Expanding Your Horizons

Expanding horizons

Colchicine--expanding horizons.

To say that the once very limited indications for colchicine have undergone a subtle but definite and dramatic change in recent years would not be an overstatement. This old drug, which has been known for centuries, was used for relieving and preventing acute attacks of gouty arthritis for over 200 years, but until recently, no other clinical uses had been established. The 1985 edition of Good-...

Expanding cerebellar horizons.

Anatomical connections must underly neuronal function. A new study by Middleton and Strick shows that the cerebellum projects to the dorsal prefrontal cortex of the monkey. This could provide the basis for cerebellar modulation of cognitive processes.

Receptor Tyrosine Kinases — Expanding Horizons

Broadening your horizons

Travel is an integral part of a career as a life scientist — in fact, you can’t become a scientist without travelling. In the early stages it’s quite natural to have serious doubts about whether you’re on the right career path. Traveling lets you forget these worries and puts things in perspective. You will then begin to see whether you are just worrying unecessarily or whether you are really f...