Vision restoration in glaucoma: Nihilism and optimism at the crossroads

Scleroderma: From Therapeutic Nihilism to Therapeutic Optimism

Several types of inflammatory cells infiltrate the affected tissue. Different subsets of “T” lymphocyte may be observed in different affected organs in various stages of SSc. CD4 lymphocytes are increased in the affected skin, whereas CD8 lymphocytes are found more commonly in bronchoalveolar lavage of patients who have scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (ILD). Several autoantibodies...

Lung cancer survival in Norway, 1997-2011: from nihilism to optimism.

We examine changes in survival and patient-, tumour- and treatment-related factors among resected and nonresected lung cancer patients, and identify subgroups with the largest and smallest survival improvements.National population-based data from the Cancer Registry of Norway, Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Patient Register were linked for lung cancer patients diagnosed during 1997-2011. T...

Editorial. At the crossroads.

Colombia at the Crossroads

ove rv i ew The In s ti tute for the Stu dy of Di p l om acy hosted the spring session of the Sch l e s i n ger Work i n g Group on the topic of s tra tegic su rprise in Co l ombi a . Af ter a pre s en t a ti on on four po ten tial scen a rios that may face Co l om bia (see next page ) , S ch l e s i n ger Working Group core mem bers and Co l om bia specialists ex a m i n ed the key factors dri...

Immunology at the crossroads

tell us stories that live in our minds long after we read their words. After 20 years of training some 200 graduate students, I can report some progress in convincing editors that properly trained scientists can do the job of reporting on science for general readers. However—and this is a big however— editors still insist that these scientists must, no matter what their qualification in science...