An Engaging, Yet Failed Flip

Gold nanoparticles in radiation therapy: an old story yet mesmerizing

Radiotherapy (RT) is generally considered to be one of the most effective cancer treatments. The primary goal of RT is to accurately induce radiation damage to the tumor while limiting radiation toxicity to a level acceptable to normal tissue. This is accomplished by targeting the tumor with radiation. On the other hand, the status of RT procedures as they stand today is not substantial enough ...

Oral sumatriptan for the acute treatment of migraine in children and adolescents: yet another failed study.

Sumatriptan, a serotonin-1 receptor agonist specially developed for migraine, became available as a licensed product for adults more than 20 years ago. Since then, numerous controlled studies with sumatriptan have been carried out and it is widely used in adults. However, the story has not been as successful in children and adolescents as in adults. Of the few studies performed, most have shown...

Image flip CAPTCHA

The massive and automated access to Web resources through robots has made it essential for Web service providers to make some conclusion about whether the "user" is a human or a robot. A Human Interaction Proof (HIP) like Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) offers a way to make such a distinction. CAPTCHA is a reverse Turing test used by Web serv...

polycystic ovary syndrome: an apparently simple yet challenging diagnosis

stats: an old story, yet mesmerizing

signal transducers and activators of transcription (stats) are cytoplasmic transcription factors that have a key role in cell fate. stats, a protein family comprised of seven members, are proteins which are latent cytoplasmic transcription factors that convey signals from the cell surface to the nucleus through activation by cytokines and growth factors. the signaling pathways have diverse biol...