Prehabilitation in lung cancer resection—are we any closer to the ideal program?

Are we any closer to combating Ebola infections?

In March, 2009, a scientist working in a highcontainment laboratory in Germany pricked herself with a needle that had just been used to infect a mouse with the Ebola virus. Although rare, similar laboratory accidents with Ebola virus have been reported in the UK (1976), USA (2004), and Russia (2004), of which the one in Russia was fatal. Additionally, there have been at least three exposures to...

Schizophrenia pathophysiology: are we any closer to a complete model?

Schizophrenia, a severe brain disorder that involves hallucinations, disordered thinking and deficiencies in cognition, has been studied for decades in order to determine the early events that lead to this neurological disorder. In this review, we interpret the developmental and genetic models that have been proposed and treatment options associated with these models. Schizophrenia was initiall...

Why are we not getting any closer to preventing suicide?

Optimal Usage of Colistin: Are We Any Closer?

Despite being the mainstay of treatment for carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli for more than a decade, optimal strategies for dosing and administration of colistin remain unclear. Colistin dosing regimens vary considerably throughout the world. In some instances, the total daily dose delivered varies 2-fold depending on geography. Compounding the issue is the fact that the majority of d...

Plant functional types : are we getting any closer to the Holy Grail ?

1 Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, CNRS UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53X, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. [email protected] 2 Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (CONICET – UNC) and FCECFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina 3 Department of System Ecology, Institute of Ecological Science, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The N...