Daily Archives:November 27, 2015
Bureaucrapathologies
Although regulatory bureaucracies are necessary to perform society’s business, these institutions frequently display dysfunctional organization patterns that interfere with efficient and effective conduct of the work they are presumably supposed to accomplish. We have coined the whimsical
Digging out self-assembly process of molecules by scanning tunneling microscopy
Molecules are known to spontaneously self – assemble into supramolecular structures in solution, on surface, and also at interface. An appropriate understanding of the process of self – assembly is of critical importance to make sophisticated nanostructures.
Why does BCG fail to protect against tuberculosis?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) is the microbe that causes tuberculosis (TB), a disease that kills one human every 18 seconds. In the last 80 years, only one vaccine has proven somewhat effective at preventing the development of TB
Chloroquine inhibits the malignant phenotype of glioblastoma
Glioblastoma (GBM), the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor, is characterized by excessive growth and infiltration of the normal brain which prevents the complete surgical resection. These tumors also are refractory to standard treatment strategies, which
Another beneficial role for insulin in the brain: keeping the brain immune responses in check
大脑disease is an umbrella term, which is used to describe a broad variety of diseases ranging from epilepsy to Alzheimer’s disease to multiple sclerosis and everything in between. Brain diseases differ from each other at the
Uncovering mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s disease pathology
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a severely debilitating motor disorder characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons and an increase of α-synuclein in a brain region known as the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). Although much progress has been
What is the quality of our river ecosystems? The new emerging stressors
An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit (e.g. coral reefs, wetlands, rainforests, boreal forests, cultivated farmlands). The Ecosystem services are the benefits that
