Beyond Members: Another Level of Community

Beyond the genome: community-level analysis of the microbial world

The development of culture-independent strategies to study microbial diversity and function has led to a revolution in microbial ecology, enabling us to address fundamental questions about the distribution of microbes and their influence on Earth's biogeochemical cycles. This article discusses some of the progress that scientists have made with the use of so-called "omic" techniques (metagenomi...

"Members, One of Another: Gender Equality and Justice in Islam"

What.I will say may surprise both Muslims who "know" women's place and non-Muslims who "know" what Islam means for women. It is this: I am a Muslim, a theologian, and a women's rights activist. and while I am critical in a number of ways of the life that most Muslim societies offer to women, twenty years ot theological study, as well as my own deepest faith, convince me that in real Islam, the ...

Genetics of multiple myeloma: another heterogeneity level?

Our knowledge of myeloma genetics remained limited and lagged behind many other hematologic malignancies because of the inherent difficulties in generating metaphases within the malignant plasma cell clone. With the development of molecular techniques (microarrays and next-generation sequencing), our understanding has been highly improved in the past 5 years. These studies have not only confirm...

Beyond the Therapeutic Community

Another step toward the global ultrasound community

On behalf of the Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (KSUM), I am very pleased to present our new international English open access journal “Ultrasonography” to all of our colleagues worldwide. Since 2010, the KSUM has set its sights on becoming an eminent academic center of the ultrasound community by converting our annual national congress to an international one, the “KSUM Open.” Four y...