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Working for Michael: A Formulation Scientist Faces a CVMD Drug Delivery Challenge
This is my brother Michael. He is an avid skier, a talented artist and architect, and loving husband to an incredible woman named Janel. Michael has a gift for communicating with animals, and he loves motorcycles as much now as he enters his fourth decade, as he did when he was four year old. ... -
…understanding a twitching left eyelid through reputation…
The internet is a voluminous source of health-related information, and with that it bestows upon the public the resources and untapped potential to self-diagnose. Simply enter your symptom(s) into a search engine and you will more than likely be met with a myriad of potential diagnoses from which to choose, which may, or may not, ... -
Instant Chilly Willy: How Instant Ice Packs Work
Since I recently covered how instant hot packs work, it’s only appropriate that I delve into how the instant cold pack works. You’ve seen these packs – like the one shown below. It’s just an innocuous white bag, you squeeze the bag, something inside ruptures and then it gets quite cold (< 40 °F). In ... -
Strong Association of De Novo Copy Number Mutations with Autism
This article has been evaluated by F1000 Faculty Member: Stephen Scherer, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. To find out more about this exciting new study, click here to read the Faculty of 1000 evaluations of this article. Sebat J, Lakshmi B, Malhotra D, Troge J, Lese-Martin C, Walsh T, Yamrom B, Yoon S, Krasnitz A, ... -
…living with pain; a formidable research inspiration…
I think the trigger was perhaps the impromptu demonstration, to an audience of one (my son), of how to do a press-up. I had failed to warm-up, instead opting to launch straight into the manoeuvre, like I was a youngster all over again. I used to do 500 reps, typically in sets of 50, per ... -
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Parents Speak About Autism: It is a Race
Autism: It is a Race is an unedited guest post from JB, President & Chairman of the Board, Dynamis, Inc., Arlington, Virginia. [Mercedes’ note: Focusing on the cellular/molecular side of autism research all day, it’s easy to get tunnel vision. In honor of Autism Awareness Month (April), it seemed a good idea to take pause and ... -
Networks of Neuronal Genes Affected by Common and Rare Variants in Autism Spectrum Disorders
This article has been evaluated by F1000 Faculty Member: Genevieve Konopka, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX, USA To find out more about this exciting new study, click here to read the Faculty of 1000 evaluations of this article. Ben-David E, Shifman S PLoS Genet. 2012 Mar; 8(3):e1002556 Abstract Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental ... -
Star Trek Cloaking Devices, Harry Potter’s Invisibility Cloak…. and Healthcare?
In this week’s Human-TECH blog about Humans, Technology, Ethics, Content and Healthcare Delivery we once again talk about science fiction, but with a touch of magic and its connection to healthcare. One might wonder what science fiction, magic and health care have in common? Well…. making things invisible, that’s what. In Star Trek, the Romulan Bird ... -
April 28th Is U.S. National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will hold their fourth annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 28, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at municipalities across the country. Community take back days supported by local law enforcement provide patients with an approved approach for discarding unused pharmaceuticals — some of which have recently ...
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