Regarding the negative effects of antibiotics, an Australian research group sought to understand the effect that non-antibiotic, antimicrobial (NAAM) chemicals have on increasing antibiotic resistance. One of the more infamous of these is Triclosan, which was present in many over-the-counter antimicrobial products before its use in hand soaps was banned.
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For those with a mild or severe head injury, the examination when arriving at the Emergency Department is the same – a series of questions and followed by a CT scan. But a new blood test may change all that, in that it could separate those who need a scan from others who simply should just go home and rest.
Over the last decade, the gene-editing technology CRISPR – Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palidromic Repeats – has nearly become a household word. Now, there's a new publication dedicated to the process. It's a peer-reviewed journal and its inaugural issue just came out.
When two scientists have contributed equally to a project, the authorship can be sticky. Whose name should come first? It turns out that there may be different factors at play. One group sought to determine if gender was one of those factors – and the answer just might surprise you.
The only honest people are journalists. Such self-serving naïveté appears to be the creed at the website Undark. It's an outlet that claims, apparently with a straight face, to be interested only in "true journalistic coverage of the sciences."
With concerns about global food insecurity and the increasing demand for animal protein, the efficiency of sources producing that protein is being questioned. It turns out that conventional measures may be inadequate. And, at least when it comes to farming efficiency, tuna is not the "chicken" of the sea.
We can do a lot of things in under 24 hours. Now, we can add to that list sequence a human genome and diagnose a genetic disease. This amazing feat was done recently and shows just how quickly personalized genetic information is revolutionizing medicine.
Disparities in physicians, based on gender, make the news when women appear better than men. This study runs counter to the popular narrative – and it's just as flawed as the other studies. Why didn't it make bigger headlines?
When David Stephan, a man who was convicted in his 19 month old son's death because he treated his son's infection with "natural healing" methods over medicine, was an invited speaker at a Wellness Expo, there was a loud, visceral reaction. The result? Some sponsors got nervous, pulled out and Stephan's speech was no more. Kudos to the pro-science community for a job well done.
Just a quick note. I have written previously about the Independent Payment Advisory Board. The budget legislation signed today, permanently repeals its existence. To return to my original metaphor, the final stake has been driven into its heart.
Uber's payment system is gender-blind, what accounts for a 7% difference in pay to men over women? It is not social injustice.
In the early days of microbiology experiments, when researchers needed test subjects they frequently went to those closest nearby which included their family or themselves.
Now, we have animals to use for experimentation or humans, if the right permission is granted and protocols obtained.
That said, some modern biohackers, or people who take a do it yourself (DIY) mentality to science experiments, are going old school and using their own bodies as the first test subject. Recently, Aaron Traywick, CEO of Ascendance Biomedical, did just that. He injected himself on stage at the conference BodyHacking Con with a homemade herpes treatment.