Has Liberia Turned a Corner?

Gregory G. Menshikov has turned 70

Professor Dr. Gregory Menshikov was born in St.Petersburg (then Leningrad) in 1931. His childhood was greatly affected by the Second World War. Like many other kids from Leningrad, Gregory was evacuated from the city to the Moscow region. After the war, he returned back, finished high school, and entered the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Leningrad State University. In 1954, he ...

Has the Chesapeake Bay Tide Turned?

The worm has turned--microbial virulence modeled in Caenorhabditis elegans.

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is emerging as a facile and economical model host for the study of evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis and innate immunity. A rapidly growing number of human and animal microbial pathogens have been shown to injure and kill nematodes. In many cases, microbial genes known to be important for full virulence in mammalian models have bee...

Respiratory syncytial virus therapy and prophylaxis: have we finally turned the corner?

I t is a grim reality that the text comprising introductory paragraphs to articles about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has changed very little over the years, the leitmotif being that RSV is a major cause of serious respiratory illnesses such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia worldwide, yet no safe, effective vaccine or good antiviral therapy is available. In this issue of the European Respira...

Geriatric medicine workforce planning: a giant geriatric problem or has the tide turned?

The UK's population is ageing and an adequately staffed geriatric medicine workforce is essential for high quality care. We evaluated the current and future geriatric medicine workforce, drawing on data relating to the UK population, current geriatric medicine consultants and trainees, recruitment into the specialty and trainee career progression. Data were derived from various sources, includi...