US Medicare opens door to covering obesity treatments

Europe opens the door to GM crops

Parliament has finally given approval to the commercial growing of genetically modified (GM) crops across the continent. The vote last month backs a new directive that will end a virtual three-year moratorium on granting licenses for the commercial development of GM foods. The standstill followed concerns about the impact of the new crops on the environment. " This is a significant step in term...

Structure that Opens the Gate and Opens the Door

Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to look at it from a different perspective. That is certainly the case in ion channel research. Hodgkin and Huxley must have realized that 50 years ago when they looked at membrane currents with a voltage clamp, and Sakmann and Neher realized it 20 years ago when they measured Possible Symmetries of Tetrameric Channel single-channel currents with the...

One door opens, one door closes - yielding path to bradykinin-induced pain.

The ACA opens the door for two vulnerable populations.

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Covering catastrophic expenses under Medicare.