Daily Archives: May 19, 2016
Fecal microbial transplantation: a novel approach to eradicate antibiotic-resistant gut bacteria
The discovery of antibiotics in the early 20th century had an enormous impact on modern medicine, dramatically reducing mortality associated with infections. However, the emergence of drug – resistant pathogens has occurred due to greater availability and
A simple assay to measure phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase activity
Enzymes are proteins that help chemical reactions to occur within cells and thus, they are essential to their life and function. They produce most of the molecules found in cells, and are classified by their function and
From crime scene to crime lab: potential interactions between blood detection methods
Crime scene investigators and forensic scientists at the crime laboratories both utilize rapid, presumptive tests to determine the likelihood of the presence of blood. At the crime scene, investigators commonly utilize Bluestar® or Luminol to produce a
Einstein and the measurement problem: Is he right again?
In quantum mechanics there exists an unresolved and much debated foundational issue known as the ‘measurement problem’, of how and where one goes from the microscopic quantum world to the macroscopic classical world when an abstract entity
Fish are exposed to hundreds of pharmaceuticals. How to identify drugs that pose the greatest aquatic risk?
After consumption, human and veterinary drugs or their breakdown products end up in streams and rivers via wastewater effluent discharges into water bodies. Since this is a continuous process, aquatic animals are chronically (low concentration, long-term) being
The constant cost of short-term memory loss
When we try to make sense of what someone says to us we maintain a record of this information in memory. Many psychologists think that humans evolved a ‘verbal short-term memory’ system for this purpose, and we
Survival analysis using Excel: learn it, use it and improve your work
Questions about disease prognosis and patient survival are of central importance in everyday hematology/oncology clinical practice. If a person working as a practicing clinician would like to evaluate his/her own work or check if some factor affects
