Present Medical Research: Is it Really Original Research Anymore?

Story telling: is it really research?

In this paper I will suggest ways in which you may consider a story as a legitimate research product. I view the story as interpreted work communicated through writing as the research product. 'Doing' interpretive research is not an easy option in research. In this paper I will focus upon some of the complexities in creating an acceptable and accessible research product. I will cover five inter...

Informed consent for pediatric research: is it really possible?

How good is research really?

The normal method of scientific communication is to publish experimental and theoretical results and their interpretation in peer-reviewed journals. These articles and the data and analysis they contain often inspire or inform other research that either builds on the published insights or refutes or modify the original conclusions. These follow-up papers therefore cite the original articles. Th...

Translational medical research: present and future.

Translational research incorporates some of the oldest knowledge that the human race has gathered, from healing practices of ancient civilizations to the development of modern medicine. Today’s translational research is generally defined as the investigation that transforms scientific discoveries arising in the laboratory, clinic, or population into new clinical tools and applications that redu...

Original Research

The study was designed to localize P450 17alpha-hydroxylase/c17-20 lyase (P450c17) in the ovaries of pregnant pigs and fetal gonads. Immunoexpression of P450c17 was investigated in the porcine ovaries (follicles and corpora lutea; CL) collected on days 10, 18, 32, 50, 70 and 90 post coitum (p.c.), and fetal gonads (testes and ovaries) on days 50, 70 and 90 p.c. The presence of P450c17 in ovaria...