Updated Definition of Internationalization

Updated SARS case definition using laboratory criteria.

Background and epidemiology: The identification of the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) has led to the development of serologic and virologic tests for the disease. As of Apr. 30, 2003, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised their surveillance case definitions for SARS to include laboratory criteria for evidence of infection (see Box [on next page] and Figure).

A Commentary on Blute’s ‘Updated Definition’

Denis Walsh* Barely a decade after the discovery of the chromosomal basis of inheritance, and the articulation of the genetical theory of population change, the gene came to be widely regarded as the fundamental unit of biological organization. This is hardly surprising. The gene concept is a powerful one; it plays a unifying role in our understanding of evolution. Darwin told us that evolutio...

Internationalization of Universities as Internationalization of Bildung

Internationalization

Globalization and internationalization are terms of the corporate world. In this scenario, mastering the English language is indispensable and with Brazilian science is not different. CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) and CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) have encouraged postgraduate programs and scientific research to effu...

What is a gene, post-ENCODE? History and updated definition.

While sequencing of the human genome surprised us with how many protein-coding genes there are, it did not fundamentally change our perspective on what a gene is. In contrast, the complex patterns of dispersed regulation and pervasive transcription uncovered by the ENCODE project, together with non-genic conservation and the abundance of noncoding RNA genes, have challenged the notion of the ge...