Hope Thou in the Lord

The Gardens of the Lord

Whither art thou, SCN10A, and what art thou doing?

Since its initial cloning in 1992, SCN5A (Nav1.5) has become known as “the” cardiac sodium channel.1 SCN5A encodes a tetrodotoxin (TTX)-resistant channel that is responsible for the inward sodium current (INa), which initiates the cardiac action potential. Its RNA and protein expression dominate the sodium channel landscape in the ventricle, atrium, and specialized conduction system. Mice heter...

Junkies in the House of the Lord.

The self-organization and mobilization of active drugs users is historically four decades old, but is rarely noted in the addiction, or drug policy literature. This piece looks closely at three European countries that have had varying degrees of success in organizing injection drugs users as key stakeholders in the development of non-criminalizing drug and reintegrating social policies. Indeed,...

Lord Lister

i hp; medical man who wishes to gain a clear idea of the broad foundations upon which modern medicine and surgery are based should read two great books which are almost twin classics; Rene Vallery Radot's Life of Pasteur" (English translation by Mrs. Devonshire), and Sir Rickman Godlee's "Lord Lister," the re-appearance of which in a third edition we cordially welcome. Both are finely written s...

Thou shalt not kill.

Section 241(b) and s. 14 of the Criminal Code unjustifiably infringe s. 7 of the Charter and are of no force or effect to the extent that they prohibit physicianassisted death for a competent adult person who (1) clearly consents to the termination of life and (2) has a grievous and irremediable medical condition (including an illness, disease or disability) that causes enduring suffering that ...