Let slip the dogs

Authors' Reply: Don't Let the Hypothesis Slip

Douglas G. Altman Editors of medical journals accept that published research should be open to comment and correction in published correspondence ([1]; Box 1). “Post-publication peer review” enables comments on, clarifi cations of, and corrections to published research. All journals should have a correspondence page for this purpose. I previously criticised the effective “statute of limitations...

Apoptosis: Letting Slip The Dogs Of War

Recent studies have shown that, during cell death, the protein Omi is released from the mitochondrial intermembrane space into the cytosol, where it augments caspase-dependent apoptosis by blocking inhibitors and may induce caspase-independent cell death via its serine protease activity.

Can we afford to let sleeping dogs lie?

In patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) mutations of the BCR-ABL kinase domain (KD) have been identified as the leading cause of acquired resistance to imatinib, while the mechanisms underlying the persistence of minimal residual disease (MRD) are unknown. In this issue of Blood, Chu and colleagues report several patients with KD mutations at the time of complete cytogenetic respons...

Who let the dogs out? Infection control did: utility of dogs in health care settings and infection control aspects.

Research has substantiated that animals improve human health, both psychologically and physiologically. Therefore, healthcare facilities have begun to implement programs, such as the "Furry Friends Foundation," that bring animals into the facility to improve the quality of life of patients. When implementing these programs, consideration must be given to potential adverse events such as phobias...

Don'T let it slip: predictive control of grip force after changes in task goals.