Mbeki agrees to step back from AIDS debate

Science seals Mbeki/Msimang's AIDS ignominy.

Nicoli introduces her study by saying that despite an unprecedented mobilisation of resources since 2003 (Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar)), the epidemic continues to outstrip attempts to rein it in. Last year 2.1 million people died of AIDS and 2.5 million became infected with HIV, bringing the global total of people livin...

Thabo Mbeki and the AIDS 'jury'.

This paper examines the debate regarding efforts by the South African government to control the spread of HIV infections, with particular reference to events surrounding the 13th International AIDS conference. We posit that the reaction of the medical, pharmaceutical, and media sectors to the stance by the President Mbeki on HIV control amounts to an over-simplification of a very complex issue....

The Next Step Forward Is to Take a Step Back.

Understanding the causes of diabetes is at the heart of most diabetes research. The field of causal inference has made dramatic advances in methodology that allows for causal inference from observational and not experimental data (1). One such methodological advancement is the use of genetic markers as instrumental variables, or so-called Mendelian randomization (MR) (2). MR relies on the laws ...

One step forwards, one step back.

Back to the Debate: Sternalis Muscle Volver al Debate: Músculo Esternal

The sternalis muscle (SM) is an anatomical variant found in the anterior thoracic wall. While the attachment sites of SM are generally agreed upon, the innervation and function of this muscle are not well established. Cadaveric and surgical explorations to date report that SM is innervated by either the pectoral nerves or the anterior branches of the intercostal nerves, or a combination of both...