Avoid repeating old mistakes
Researchers propose necessary corrections in global biodiversity policyCredit: IISD/Mike Muzurakis (enb.iisd.org/biodiv/post2020/oewg/2/24feb.html) Since the founding of the United Nations Convention on ...
Tag: Policy/Ethics
NYU professor creates COVID-19 dashboard to compare country and state data
Publicly available tool allows users to view data on vaccinations, cases, deaths, testing, and COVID-related policiesCredit: Credit: Alexej Jerschow/NYU A ...
How will seafarers fare once automated ships take over? Scientists predict the future
Scientists simulate trends in maritime employment over the next 15 years following ship automationCredit: Korea Maritime and Ocean University Artificial ...
Transformations within reach: Pathways to a sustainable and resilient world
Credit: © Adam Islaam | IIASA It is clear that COVID-19 has drastically changed our world, but how can we ...
Aging-US: Nicotinamide mononucleotide in degenerative model of retinal detachment
'This Aging-US article concludes that NMN administration exerts neuroprotective effects on photoreceptors'Credit: Correspondence to: Demetrios G. Vavvas email: [email protected] Aging-US ...
Aging-US: PAM (PIK3/AKT/mTOR) signaling in glia: potential contributions to brain tumors
'The consideration of aberrant PIK3/AKT/mTOR signaling in glia during aging elucidates several therapeutic opportunities for brain tumors'Credit: Correspondence to: Kamel ...
Aging-US: Growth factor beta type 1 and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 transcription complex
'The Aging-US authors report for the first time that in human breast cancer, AML and embryonic cells, HIF-1 and AP-1 ...
Oncotarget: Drug-resistant cells grow exponentially in metastatic prostate cancer
The Oncotarget authors show that the drug-resistant, metastasis-causing cells are capable of producing drug-resistant, exponentially growing tumors, responsible for tumor ...
Oncotarget: Prognostic biomarker for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Reduced expression of TBX15 in tumor tissue represents a potential biomarker for predicting poor survival of patients with HCCCredit: Correspondence ...
Oncotarget: Improved therapeutic efficacy of unmodified anti-tumor antibodies
The Oncotarget findings suggest that MEKi induced an increased expression of tumor-associated antigens, which in combination with anti-tumor antibodies, generated ...
Addressing the impact of structural racism on disparities in children with Type 1 diabetes
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 22, 2021) - Advancements in diabetes technology have improved quality of life and glycemic ...
Navigating uncertainty: Why we need decision theory during a pandemic
Modern decision theory can assist policymakers in critical times such as the COVID-19 crisis, argue Bocconi University's Massimo Marinacci and ...
Internet and freedom of speech, when metaphors give too much power
Since 1997, when the US supreme court metaphorically called the Internet the free market of ideas, attempts at regulation have ...
Adger, Burton and O’Brien win the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change
The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to Neil Adger, Ian Burton and Karen O'Brien for changing the paradigm ...