Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film, by James Charney, MD. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
(Source: Journal of Medical Humanities)
Source: Journal of Medical Humanities - January 21, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
U.S. should expand rules for risky virus research to more pathogens, panel says
U.S. health officials should expand oversight of federally funded research that tweaks deadly viruses to include some less risky types of pathogens, an expert panel has concluded. Its
draft report
, released today, also recommends funding agencies share more information about decisions to approve such work.
The recommendations are welcome news for scientists, lawmakers, and others who have worried the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has revealed gaps in the rules for so called gain-of-function (GOF) research. The report recommends “significant improvements in policy,” says Stanford University microbiologist David R...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 20, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Some dinos may have been as brainy as modern primates, controversial study argues
Was
Tyrannosaurus rex
as smart as a baboon? Scientists don’t like to compare intelligence between species (everyone has their own talents, after all), but a controversial new study suggests some dino brains were as densely packed with neurons as those of modern primates. If so, that would mean they were very smart—more than researchers previously thought—and could have achieved feats only humans and other very intelligent animals have, such as using tools.
The findings,
reported last week
in the
Journal of Comparative Neurology
, are making waves among paleontologists
on socia...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 10, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Point-Counterpoint: What ’s in a Name? Clinical Microbiology Laboratories Should Use Nomenclature Based on Current Taxonomy
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Ahead of Print. (Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology - January 10, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Karen C. Carroll,
Erik Munson,
Susan M. Butler-Wu,
Sheila Patrick
aDivision of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
bDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, Marquette Source Type: research
