The same old scene?

Editorial: Going beyond "Same Old, Same Old"

Same old, same old: the same-order representation theory of consciousness and the division of phenomenal labor

The same-order representation theoryof consciousness holds that conscious mental states represent both the world and themselves. This complex representational structure is posited in part to avoid a powerful objection to the more traditional higher-order representation theory of consciousness. The objection contends that the higher-order theory fails to account for the intimate relationship tha...

Same Old Bugs, New Diseases

Blood-borne mycoplasmas, known collectively as hemotropic mycoplasmas or hemoplasmas, are small, pleomorphic, epicellular bacteria that adhere to the host’s red blood cells. They cannot be cultured. They can be detected microscopically in blood smears and, more reliably, through use of PCR assays on whole blood. The hemoplasmas vary in severity of disease caused to the host and most infected an...

Syk [sic] of the same old chemotherapy?

In this issue of Blood, Friedberg and coworkers present the first report of fostamatinib disodium, a Syk inhibitor, as an active treatment for patients with B-cell nonHodgkin lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.1 A fter decades of chemotherapeutic ennui, comparing various drug acronyms, treatment for patients with B-cell malignancies became relatively exciting with the availability of ac...

Concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum: two manifestations of the same disease or the same spectrum?

Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum are rarely seen together. Herein, we report a case of concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum and review previous cases.