No simple answer

Transgenic or not? No simple answer!

The global cultivation area of genetically modified plants (GMPs) includ ing soybean, maize, cotton, canola (oilseed rape) and sugar beet has been increasing consistently since they were first cultivated commercially in 1996, reaching 160 million hectares (ha) in 2011 [1]. By 2011, the global area of planted insectresistant crops was 66 million ha. The rapid adoption of insect-resistant crops i...

No Simple Answer Critique of the "Follow Through" Evaluation

A recent U.S. Office of Education-sponsored report 1 has been widely publicized as suggesting a simple answer to the teaching of reading and math in the elementary school. Unfortunately, no simple answer has been found. The report concluded that so-called "basic skills" approaches to the schooling of poor children are superior to other methods. However, a careful inspection of the study reveals...

Myocyte nitroso-redox imbalance in sepsis: NO simple answer.

147 News From the American Heart Association B1 Meetings Calendar B2 On the cover: Piece (1 mm) of a rat heart embedded in a fibrin gel and cultured for seven days under conditions of hypoxia (1% O2) and inclusion of 10 ng/ml basic Fibroblast Growth Factor. Emerging capillary-like sprouts are characterized in-gel by endothelial specific FITC-coupled lectin G. simplicifolia (green fluorescent). ...

No answer to Alzheimer's disease?

What is the cause of Alzheimer’s disease? What is the treatment? Currently, there is no (clear) answer. But wait, perhaps NO (nitric oxide) is part of the answer. It is known that amyloidpeptides (A ), the major components of amyloid plaque in Alzheimer’s disease, produce endothelial dysfunction in aorta and cerebral blood vessels (Figure).1–4 In addition, cardiovascular risk factors and cerebr...

When No Answer Might Be the Best Answer