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Heterogeneity: we can't live with it, and we can't live without it

As hard as it is to believe now, it was permissible not long ago to sell a prescription drug (in the USA) without providing evidence that it worked; all that was needed was evidence it was safe. Then, KefauvereHarris changed everything. Acting largely in response to the thalidomide tragedy, Estes Kefauver, a senator from Tennessee, and representative Oren Harris from Arkansas introduced the ame...

China's Export Strategy: What Can We Learn From It?

As much as by luck as by design, China stumbled onto an export and foreign investment strategy that has proved remarkably successful, helping the economy move quickly to a market-based system. But can the Chinese experience serve as a model for other countries? After three decades of inward-oriented trade and foreign investment policies, in 1979, China switched course and launched an "open-door...

Review of “The People Vs Tech: How the Internet is Killing Democracy (and How We Save It)” by Jamie Bartlett

The People Vs Tech: How the Internet is Killing Democracy (and How We Save It) by Jamie Bartlett. New York: Dutton, 2018. 256 pp., £8.99 (p/b), ISBN 978-1785039065.

Stemming the hype: what can we learn from iPSC models of Parkinson's disease and how can we learn it?

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a prevalent and debilitating neurodegenerative disorder for which there are no available cures. PD pathogenesis is poorly understood because appropriate animal and in vitro models are lacking. The development of induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) has allowed researchers to generate disease-specific dopaminergic neurons in vitro by reprogramming skin cells from pa...

Erythema nodosum :what should we consider about it?