Whether we know it or not, our educational perceptions and decisions are shaped by “race”

Whether we know it or not, our educational perceptions and decisions are shaped by "race".

RACE IS A SENSITIVE SUBJECT to most people. Most people think that, because they do not intentionally judge people on their race, they never do. However, everyone has been socialized, in one way or another, to judge people based on race. Often, we do not realize how implicitly held attitudes about race shape the decisions we make. Accordingly, it is of great value to discuss how implicit biases...

Geriatrics: in our residents' future whether they know it and like it or not.

The American population—and, indeed, the world’s population— is getting older. Worldwide, over the next 40 years, the number of the people over 60 is expected to increase threefold to reach nearly 2 billion. One in every five people on the planet will be 60 years or older, and one in six will be least 65 years old.1 The situation is similar in the United States, where the number of people over ...

Molecular approaches to diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis what we know and what we do not know.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) are a major complication in immunocompromized patients where can be serious and rapidly fatal. Early diagnosis and early appropriate antifungal treatment is important in reducing mortality and morbidity. But despite many efforts to develop detection methods, the diagnosis of IA still remains challenging and current conventional methods are limited for adequate diagno...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

Life, but not as we know it.

Living systems are perhaps the most fascinating examples of chemistry in action. Molecules assemble into biomachinery that can carry out complex tasks, making life possible. But how did it all begin? This question can be tackled from a geological perspective by surveying the possible conditions under which key biomolecules might have emerged on early Earth. Alternatively, a systems-biology appr...