Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 241
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 241.
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Question 1
Which family shares 4 Nobel prizes? A Nobel prize between wife and husband, followed by a second prize for the wife and a later prize to their daughter.
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 14, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five battle of troy burkholderia mallei cannabis cirrhosis CPR greek soldiers irene joliot-curie kiss of life marie curie moroccan fishermen nobel prize peter safar pierre curie pseudomonas mallei Rene Laenne Source Type: blogs
Melioidosis in the United States
The following background data are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series [1,2] (primary references available on request)
The first case of melioidosis in the Western hemisphere was diagnosed in the United States in 1945 – an American who had worked in the Panama Canal Zone during 1927 to 1928.
Sporadic autochthonous cases (five reports to 2013) have been reported from Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Ohio and California. The fifth case of autochthonous melioidosis was reported in Ohio in 2013. Imported cases have originated from Laos, Mexico, Viet Nam and Thailand. Two cases imp...
Source: GIDEON blog - February 11, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology ProMED Melioidosis Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 102
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia.
Question 1
What obstetric condition/procedure may have this baby christ gone through?
+ Image of Madonna and Child 1496 - Albrecht Durer
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Erb’s palsy
Albrecht Durer painted Madonna and Child depicting an infant with an Erb’s palsy
Other differen...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 8, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Arcanum Veritas Frivolous Friday Five Albrecht Durer Auenbrugger Disco Felon FFFF osteopoikilosis Source Type: blogs
Burkholderia review
Excerpt from a book review of Burkholderia: From Genomes to Function"this Burkholderia book is something special. It impresses with its timeliness and quality. Leading Burkholderia experts have put together new knowledge, not only their own work, but also presenting current knowledge ... the genus Burkholderia is presented very comprehensively and in many new facets ... recommended as high-quality reading for all microbiologists, medical, hygienic and quality managers as well as advanced students " from Gabriele Berg (Graz) writing in Biospektrum (2014) 20:474. read more ...Burkholderia: From Genomes to FunctionEdited by: ...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - July 11, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
UVa creates virtual bacteria to shed light on cystic fibrosis infections
The two species of bacteria are genetically similar – both contagious, both drug resistant, both preying upon people with cystic fibrosis or weakened immune systems – yet they go about their sinister work very differently. There is much to be learned both from how they are alike and how they differ, and so researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have recreated them in electronic form, building an elaborate computer model of each so that scientists can better understand them, better compare them and find new and better ways to stop them.
The new metabolic model lets scientists examine Burkholderia c...
Source: Cystic Fibrosis Worldwide Blog - April 24, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Webmaster Tags: Research and Discovery Source Type: blogs
Burkholderia book available very soon
The new book on Burkholderia edited by Tom Coenye and Eshwar Mahenthiralingam will be available for dispatch within the next 2 or 3 weeks read more ...Burkholderia: From Genomes to FunctionEdited by: Tom Coenye and Eshwar MahenthiralingamCaister Academic PressHardback: ISBN 978-1-908230-35-5 £159, $319. Ebook: ISBN 978-1-908230-97-3 £159, $319Leading international investigators review key advances in Burkholderia research to provide timely overview. read more ...Full information at Burkholderia. (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.)
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - December 9, 2013 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
Burkholderia
Tom Coenye and Eshwar Mahenthiralingam present a new book on Burkholderia: From Genomes to Function In this book leading international investigators review key advances in Burkholderia research to provide timely overview. The topics covered include: genomic taxonomy and biodiversity, comparative genomics, molecular epidemiology, transcriptomics, proteomics, molecular pathogenesis of virulence in B. mallei/B. pseudomallei and the Burkholderia cepacia complex, molecular basis of phytopathogenicity and antibiotic resistance, signalling and biofilms, and the genomic biology of Burkholderia phages. The theme underpinning each ...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - June 18, 2013 Category: Microbiology Tags: Microbiology publications Bacteriology publications Molecular Biology publications Genomics publications Source Type: blogs
Proposed US policy on dual use research of concern
The US Office of Science and Technology Policy recently released proposed guidelines for maximizing the benefits and minimizing misuse of life sciences research. The measures establish oversight responsibilities for universities and other institutions that receive Federal funding:
Specifically, such institutions would be required to review their current life sciences research involving those pathogens or toxins deemed to be the most dangerous or most amenable to misuse, and then work with the researchers and funding agencies to develop appropriate risk mitigation plans.
This adds to a previously announced internal policy...
Source: virology blog - February 26, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Information avian influenza H5N1 bioterrorism DURC life sciences research OSTP viral virology virus Source Type: blogs
