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Blood Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Oligomeric forms of the peptide, β-amyloid, (Aβ) are known to be toxic to human and rodent neurones, and…
Facing Down Emerging Viruses
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has highlighted the threat of newly emerged viral infections. Michal Barski discusses…
Hybrid Simulation, Distributed Simulation and Sequential Simulation
Roger Kneebone discusses Hybrid Simulation, Distributed Simulation and Sequential Simulation. Roger Kneebone directs the Imperial College Centre for…
Medicine: Discovery through doing
Roger Kneebone explores how lacemakers, glass artists and percussionists are sharing skills with researchers. Roger Kneebone directs the…
Restoring the resting potential brings maturity to induced stem cell-derived human cardiac myocytes
Reprogramming of mature human cells to produce the equivalent of embryonic stem cells offers exciting possibilities for therapeutic…
Role of sodium/calcium exchange in heart failure-induced arrhythmias
Sudden death from ventricular arrhythmias is an important source of mortality in patients with congestive heart failure. Rapid…
A Flawed Revision of the Common Rule
In September 2015, sixteen federal agencies released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that outlined far-reaching changes to…
Multimedia informational aids for research on medical practices
Participant understanding is a key element of informed consent for enrollment in research. However, participants often do not…
IRB’s and patients’ views on consent for research on medical practices
In the context of research on medical practices, which includes comparative effectiveness research and pragmatic clinical trials, empirical…
Epidemiology of Allergic Diseases
The prevalence rates of asthma, IgE-mediated sensitization and allergic diseases vary throughout the world, and are highest in…