Pandemics: A deadly business

Seven Deadly Superstitions in Business Process Outsourcing

The deadly business of an unregulated global stem cell industry.

In 2016, the Office of the State Coroner of New South Wales released its report into the death of an Australian woman, Sheila Drysdale, who had died from complications of an autologous stem cell procedure at a Sydney clinic. In this report, we argue that Mrs Drysdale's death was avoidable, and it was the result of a pernicious global problem of an industry exploiting regulatory systems to sell ...

A deadly thorn prick

Infection is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among haemodialysis patients. Some of the risk factors specific to this population include repeated access to the blood stream through venous cannulation for dialysis as well as a higher prevalent usage of prosthetic materials like haemodialysis catheters and arteriovenous grafts. In addition, defects in immunity and phagocytosis also cont...

Untangling a deadly conspiracy

Molecular mothbal ls for RNA S tressed-out cells pack away all but their crucial messenger RNAs for better times. The zipcode binding protein (ZBP1) functions as a preservative for the stored RNA, as Stöhr et al. report on page 527. By sheltering some cached molecules, the protein might help cells to recover quickly once conditions improve. Heat, reactive oxygen species, and other harsh stimuli...

Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites

A a reader of epidemiology literature and teaching materials since 1958, when a professor dropped the book Eleven Blue Men on my desk, I have tried to keep up with interesting outbreaks and studies. I bring to the attention of other epidemiologists the book, Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites, by Alexa...