Something fishy in the immunocompromised

Something fishy

laboratories and centralizing many of the facilities. His own lab expanded considerably to include mathematicians and computer scientists as well as biologists. Dr Goodfellow continued to develop his work on gene mapping by generating somatic hybrid cell lines which contain only fragments of human chromosomes. Along with Tony Monaco, John Todd, Hans Lehrach and others he helped set up the gene ...

Painful ejaculation. Something fishy.

Vertebrate evolution: Something fishy about Hox genes

The complete Hox gene complement of the Japanese pufferfish has now been determined, together with the genomic organisation of all four Hox gene clusters. One of the many surprises is that this strange fish has lost an unusually large number of Hox genes.

There’s something fishy about this bleeding

Whittier and Korbet reported their experience with percutaneous renal biopsy using real-time ultrasound guidance and a 14-gauge automatic biopsy needle in 750 patients in which 6.4% of patients had a major complication, defined as a complication resulting in the need for blood transfusion, radiographic or surgical intervention, acute renal failure or obstruction, septicemia or death, with 79% o...

Recurrent pseudomonal pneumonia in a young immunocompetent adult - something fishy?

Community-acquired pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa typically occurs in patients with pre-existing lung disease and immunocompromised individuals. We report the case of a previously healthy young adult who presented with recurrent episodes of pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa complicated by pleural effusion. Careful and extensive evaluation ultimately revealed the unusual reason be...