What Will it Take to Retire Invasive Coronary Angiography?

What Will It Take to Cure HIV?

Investigational strategies to attempt HIV cure or remission include very early initiation of antiretroviral therapy to limit the latent HIV reservoir and preinfection vaccination. In the setting of viral suppression, strategies include reactivation of latently infected cells (eg, through "shock" therapy with histone deacetylase inhibitors or other agents); use of broadly neutralizing antibodies...

What will it take to stop obesity?

O besity has reached epidemic proportions in industrialized countries like the United States, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality, decreased productivity and function, and soaring health care costs. In the United States, the explosion of fast food restaurants, with their high-fat, supersized portions containing little nutritive value, is considered a major contributor to obesity. In ...

Implementing CER: what will it take?

BACKGROUND Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is undeniably changing how drugs are developed, launched, priced, and reimbursed in the United States. But most organizations are still evaluating what CER can do for them and how and when they can utilize the data. A roundtable of stakeholders, including formulary decision makers, evaluated CER's possible effects on managed care organizations...

What will it take to end AIDS in the Americas?

What Will It Take To Find a Human Pheromone?

In 1991, at a conference sponsored by a fragrance company called the Erox Corporation, two University of Utah scientists presented research on a tantalizing pair of chemical compounds provided by the company. They reported that in a few dozen human volunteers, the molecules androstadienone and estratetraenol activated the vomeronasal organ (VNO)an olfactory organ that senses pheromones in many...