Viral Persistence in HIV Infection: Much Known, Much to Learn

Splicing: still so much to learn.

This issue marks the 20th year since the launching of RNA in March of 1995. It is a time to celebrate, as well as to consider the substantial accomplishments achieved in these two decades, both in the RNA field as a whole, and in the specific areas in which each of us works—in my case, human premRNA splicing mechanisms and regulation, and its relevance to human disease. Moreover, this is a time...

Exercise induced asthma, still much to learn.

Lipoprotein (a)—We Know So Much Yet Still Have Much to Learn …

L ipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) has been identified as an independent , causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). 1,2 Lp(a) has a structure similar to low-density lipopro-tein (LDL) in its lipid core composition in addition to a molecule of apolipoprotein B 100 (apoB), but also contains a unique glycoprotein—apo(a), with strong structural homology with plasminogen. 2 Apo(a) contains anything...

Demyelination in Peripheral Nerves: Much to Learn from Leprosy Neuropathy

Copyright: © 2016 Mietto BS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Leprosy is a chronic infectious disorder of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) caused by the infection of non-neuronal nerve...

Inflation Persistence: How Much Can We Explain?

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta E C O N O M I C R E V I E W Second Quarter 2003 M onetary policy is a controversial topic. Economists are still divided into two factions: those who believe that monetary policy does have real (inflation-adjusted) effects and those who are convinced that it affects only nominal variables, that is, nominal interest rates and prices. Until recently, almost any macr...