The Way They Were

Neonatology in Singapore: the way we were, the way forward.

Singapore has a maternity hospital since 1924, but for many decades the newborns could only receive basic care. Neonatal and perinatal mortality rates were high. Marked improvement in neonatal care began from the 1980s when many neonatal departments were set up to provide intensive care. Improved socioeconomic status, better healthcare facilities, effective infection control, immunisation progr...

"And They Were Silent": Reflections on Legalism

Australian Internet Stocks : Were They Special ?

and we acknowledge the contributions of participants at these conferences. All errors or omissions are our own. Abstract Were Australian Internet stock returns unusual? We examine daily returns on a primary sample of the 21 Australian Internet stocks in the Merrill Lynch (Australian) Internet Stock Index at the climax of the boom-bust period, between 21 September 1999 and 20 September 2000. App...

Michael Sixt: Love the way they move

A cell's job description is reflected in both its physical form and its behavior. For example , fibroblasts and epithelial cells need to stick tightly to each other to hold tissues together. So they tend to spread out, hold tightly to surfaces, and move about only slowly. Leukocytes, on the other hand, need to move about a lot and cover large distances as they patrol the body for signs of infec...

Proteomics in asthma: the clinicians were right after all, were not they?

Clinical disease phenotypes with underlying information of molecular and biological signatures for the same, is a prerequisite for improving medical care and developing more effective, stratified management strategies. This commentary reviews the research carried out by Cao et al. to unravel biological networks associated with different clinical categories of asthma. It finally comments on the ...