Non-Genetic Evolution Observed in Prion Proteins
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Prions are probably the strangest infectious agents because they lack DNA,
and therefore are not considered alive. Yet they do interact with each other
a...
Health News of the Day
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Health News of the Day is a daily summary made from the selected links I
post on Twitter. It is in a bullet points format with links to the original
source...
Snow angels in the outfield
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Several of our folks provided first aid services at Fenway Park on New
Year's Day for the NHL's Winter Classic hockey match between the Boston
Bruins and ...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3):
1. Tom Waits (73)
2. The xx (35)
3. Califone (32)
4. DeVotchKa (29)
5. The National (23)
I...
Grand Rounds Volume 6, Number 15
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Welcome to Grand Rounds, the weekly collection of the best in medical
blogging, featuring works from physicians, nurses, researchers, students,
patients an...
2009 Hugo nominations
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It's that time of year again: members of the world science fiction association (basically folks who registered as members of last year's worldcon and this co...
The Weight Loss Resolution
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With the long holiday weekend coming to a close (at least for me), I'm
looking at the prospect of returning to work tomorrow. Being four days into
the ne...
Plugging away at a thesis
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I have continued to have a lot of work to do on my PhD thesis, which is
finally at revision stage. I have written a post on my personal blog
explaining in ...
Dude Fest!
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I'm attending a complete dude fest, also known as the annual American
Urological Association (AUA) meeting. It's held in the illustrious city of
Chicago th...
Who Needs the Flu Vaccine?
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Based on global surveillance of influenza strains, all 3 strains in the 2008
to 2009 influenza vaccines are different from the 2007 to 2008 vaccine
strains...
The Medscape Nephrology RSS Feed Has Moved
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The Medscape Nephrology RSS feed has moved to a new location. Please update
your RSS bookmark to: http://www.medscape.com/cx/rssfeeds/2683.xml