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The top 10 new species discovered in 2012 has been announced by the International Institute of Species Exploration at Arizona State University. My favorites: The adorable tiny frog, Paedophryne amanuensis, from New Guinea that is only 7mm (pictured above on a dime). It is currently considered the smallest living vertebrate. Glow-in-the-dark cockroaches, Lucihormetica luckae, from Ecuador…
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Joel (snowathlete) continues his series on zoonotic pathogens with an introduction to Bartonelliosis
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Bartonella is a zoonotic that frequently infects humans causing diseases termed Bartonelliosis. Probably the most commonly known is cat scratch disease (CSD) which, you guessed it, you catch from cats (especially cute kittens). Cat scratch disease is caused by two species of Bartonella: B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae. But more than a dozen species of Bartonella can cause
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Dog evolution, heading off type 2 diabetes, sleep research and more in this week's LabBook.
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Brain autoregulation 133- Dynamic cerebral autoregulation in subjects with Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive imparment, and controls: evidence for increased peripheral vascular resistance with possible predictive value – Gommer et al. 134- The frequency response of cerebral autoregulation – Fraser et al. Lower body positive pressure and the brain 135- Middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity […]
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Here’s a round-up of this week’s cancer news: A new research programme announced this week will lay the foundations for routine testing for inherited cancer genes in patients with the disease. Read more in our news story and on the … Continue reading →
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Photo Credit NIAID # 7916 A report from AFP this morning indicates that the Saudis have collected, and will now ship to labs in the United States, samples collected from a variety of animals that might be carriers of the emerging MERS Coronavirus. First a link to the report, then I’ll be back with more. Friday, 24 May 2013 KSA 16:23 - GMT 13:23 Saudi to send animal samples to U.S. in coronavirus probe AFP, Geneva - Saudi Arabia said
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"Imagine the sound of this gong is like a rocket ship that can send messages up to your loved one," said drummer Josh Robinson, "take 10 seconds to think of your message, and when I ring the gong, it'll reach your loved one." This therapeutic music class was one of...
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Check out our latest video about our CDG research and how it impacts patients.
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NOAA National Hurricane Preparedness Week # 7316 As a native Floridian who has spent roughly 50 of his nearly 60 years living in the Sunshine state (with 15 of those years living aboard a variety of boats) – I have an understandable interest (read: `morbid fascination’) with hurricanes. During much of my youth the Atlantic basin was in an active hurricane cycle, which provided me with an early education on these storms. Here
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For all fans of our Wellcome Film of the Month: a quick note to say it hasn’t disappeared but has moved to the Wellcome Library blog. The first in the new look column was posted today, on ‘Your children and you’. You’ll find the same fabulous film from our archives each month with commentary and analysis […]
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All graphics credit World Health Organization # 7315 The 66th annual World Health Assembly is in session this week in Geneva, and delegations from all WHO Member States are meeting to discuss and decide upon ongoing WHO policies, the focus of future work, and budgetary issues. This year the world faces potential threats from two new emerging viruses; MERS-CoV in the Middle East, and H7N9 in Asia. Rapid and effective global response to these types of
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Vitamins are magic. Especially when they’re injected. Roll up the sleeve, find a vein, insert a needle and watch that colourful concoction flow directly into the bloodstream. It may sound somewhat illicit, but that person infusing it is wearing a white coat, and you’re sitting in a chic clinic. There must be something to it, [...]
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Next week is the traditional end of the school year, but our friends at Donors Choose want to end with a bang! They asked us at Scientopia to get the word out that all donations up to $100 will be matched between now and June 7. How can you participate? Go to our giving page [...]
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Suerie Moon and John-Arne Røttingen from Harvard University call for WHO member states to embrace new approaches to governing the global research and development system.
This week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, WHO member states are debating how …
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I’ve never been able to figure it out. Antivaccine zealots seem to have an intense love of Nazi analogies and comparing those supporting science-based medicine to Nazis. While from a strictly nasty point of view, I can sort of understand the utility of such analogies to demonize one’s opponents. After all, to political extremists of…
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It seems that cannabidiol research is happening in the [...]
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Poster: Lifelong Bilingualism Is Associated With Larger Grey And White Matter Volumes In The Temporal Lobe. RK Olsen et al. Rotman Reserach Institute Baycrest. Here’s another reason to learn a second language: bilingualism staves off “senile moments” well into your 70s. With aging, our cognition inevitably declines – some faster than others. One brake that […]
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We now revere John Snow, the father of modern epidemiology, for his brilliant work in tracing (and eliminating) the source of a cholera epidemic. Back in the day, though, Lancet founding editor Thomas Wakley was, to put it mildly, not a big fan. Here is John Snow’s obituary, published in Lancet on June 26, 1858:“This well-known physician died at noon, on the 16th instant, at his house in Sackville Street, from an attack of apoplexy. His researches on chloroform and other anaesthetics were
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