Stem cell therapy for “broken heart" monkeys
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13233.html
Note that the trial was non-randomized.
And apparently only trials with design flaws show effectiveness of stem cell therapies for myocaridal infarction in humans.
http://www.nature.com/news/doubts-over-heart-stem-cell-therapy-1.15122
http://www.nature.com/news/false-positives-1.15119
Finally, an excellent review on functional annotation of the human genome
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/17/6131.full
Now onto the easy stuff:
How to think like a scientist:
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/17/6119.full
Imagination IS important (see my post from last week :-)
Not completely surprisingly but very disturbingly, a professor’s reaction to a letter from a prospective graduate student depends on the name on that letter:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2014_04_29/caredit.a1400107
Have a great weekend everyone.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13233.html
Note that the trial was non-randomized.
And apparently only trials with design flaws show effectiveness of stem cell therapies for myocaridal infarction in humans.
http://www.nature.com/news/doubts-over-heart-stem-cell-therapy-1.15122
http://www.nature.com/news/false-positives-1.15119
Finally, an excellent review on functional annotation of the human genome
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/17/6131.full
Now onto the easy stuff:
How to think like a scientist:
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/17/6119.full
Imagination IS important (see my post from last week :-)
Not completely surprisingly but very disturbingly, a professor’s reaction to a letter from a prospective graduate student depends on the name on that letter:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2014_04_29/caredit.a1400107
Have a great weekend everyone.
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