1Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; 2Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; 3Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; 4Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; and 5Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Mount Sina...

1 Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States, 2 Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States, 3 Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States, 4 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, Unit...

A new species of high elevation dwarf gecko (Gekkonidae: Lygodactylus) is described from Mount Namuli, northern Mozambique. This new species is distinguished from other closely related species in the genus Lygodactylus by body size, scalation, and color, and is genetically divergent from congeners. The species is most similar genetically and morphologically to Lygodactylus rex, the King Dwarf G...

OBJECTIVE To compare the Affirm VPIII Microbial Identification Test for detection and identification of Candida species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Trichomonas vaginalis to clinical and microscopic criteria commonly used to diagnose vaginitis. METHODS Women that were symptomatic for vaginitis/vaginosis and asymptomatic women being seen for routine obstetric or gynecological care were included ...

New occurrences of xenolithic alkaline rocks from three East African volcanoes are described. Micro-ijolites and alkali pyroxenites occur in the carbonate-rich tufts and lavas of Mount Elgon; kaersutite-rich pyroxenites and a suite of fenitized basement rocks in the caldera flows of Mount Meru, and apparently unique melanocratic hortonolite nepheline syenites in the central foyaite plug of Moun...

The US has been a major battle-ground amongst legislators coming to grips with the issue of embryonic stem cell research but the issue is reaching new heights in Italy. Nigel Williams reports.