LEP/SLC: what did we expect? What did we achieve? A very quick historical review

What did we learn today?

W e learnt that the development of the intestinal microbiota (IM) is extremely complex and a giant puzzle to piece together from adults and children in both developing and developed countries, or more experimentally. Each piece may or may not have future consequences for the IM. However, we are now at the end of the beginning of finishing just one microbiological puzzle. Additionally, we have t...

One Semester of Occupational Therapy Passed Virtually: What Experiences Did We Learn from Covid-19?

One Semester of Occupational Therapy Passed Virtually: What Experiences Did We Learn from Covid-19?  Masoud Gharib 1, Seyed Ali Hosseini 2     1 Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational, Orthopedic Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2 Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran...

Thalidomide retrospective: what did we learn?

The year 1986 was the 25th anniversary of the recognition that thalidomide is a potent human teratogen, and our president, Lewis Holmes, asked me to organize a symposium at our 26th annual meeting to commemorate that event which, disastrous though it was, provided an immense stimulus to the development of teratology. I was able to gather a panel of speakers all of whom were deeply involved in t...

COMPETITIONS Robot Competitions : What Did We Learn ?

Muscle fatigue and muscle weakness: what we know and what we wish we did

This Research Topic on muscle fatigue and muscle weakness presents the latest ideas, arguments, and evidence from investigations at the molecular level to macroscopic observations on whole animals including humans, in an effort to identify critical factors underlying fatigue and weakness in health and disease. Skeletal muscles confer movement to the human body using vast amounts of energy provi...