Functional Status In Candidates For Lung Transplantation: Why It Matters
Transplantation is in some regards the “end of the line” therapy in medical care as transplantation specialists step in to replace entire organs after other…
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Yearly Archive: 2018
Oxidative Stress And Aging
In the mid-1950s, Dr. Denham Harman, MD, Ph.D., proposed the free radical theory of aging while a resident in internal medicine. Dr. Harman had studied…
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Human Land Use And Global Dust Flux
It is now widely accepted that human activities have resulted in significant changes to the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and terrestrial environments. While climate change is…
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Implicating Dendritic Cells In The Pathogenesis Of Anterior Uveitis
Uveitis is a potentially blinding condition whereby inflammation may irreversibly damage the delicate intraocular structures. It can be associated with infections, other systemic autoimmune conditions,…
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Of Kids And Cats: Placebo By Proxy
Treatment responses in (small) children are difficult to assess since descriptions of symptoms and symptom changes are not easily available without the use of language,…
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Diverse Populations Are Needed To Understand The Genetics Of Complex Traits
Across the human genome, there are a few million base pairs that differentiate one person from another. Though these differences account for only 0.1% of…
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Migration Of Atoms In Nano-Sandwiches
The migration of substances in complex systems is most commonly a result of diffusion – a mechanism in which atoms or molecules migrate from the…
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Biologically-Plausible Spiking Neural Networks For Object Recognition
Primates are so fast and accurate in understanding the surrounding visual world. Their visual cortex lets them do invariant object recognition in just 100-150ms [1]….
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Things That Start With A
According to the World of Science dictionary, over 100 science-related terms start with the letter A, from abiotic to atomic to azygos. This article catalogs…
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List Of Colors And Their Names
What is the name of your favorite color? Blue? Green? Maroon? How about exotic colors like Amaranth or Xanadu? Everyone is familiar with the basic…
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Putting Visual Information Into Context
The cerebral cortex is the seat of advanced human faculties such as language, long-term planning, and complex thought. Research over the last 60 years has shown…
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