Biomedical Research: On-Going Challenges

Biomedical Research: Its Side-effects and Challenges

Probiotics: on-going research on atopic individuals.

The challenge for the modern health care system is to fight against the increasing prevalence of atopic disease. The introduction of scientifically composed probiotic functional foods for prophylactic or therapeutic purposes could be one solution. Probiotics are live microbial food supplements or components of bacteria which have beneficial effects on human health. Specific strains have been de...

Going-Further: Challenges Facing Us

The Korean Journal of Neurotrauma (KJNT) was first born in 2005 as the official journal of the Korean Neurotraumatol-ogy Society. It has continuously grown and expanded after the birth. Now, the KJNT has been published in English from 2014 and indexed in the PubMed/PubMed central, KoreaMed, and Synapse. And also, it has been recently featured in quality listed candidate of the National Research...

CALFED Governance Challenges Going Forward

Based on interviews, surveys and testimony, officials and stakeholders have identified a number of governance -related challenges facing the CALFED program and the Bay-Delta Authority. Previously, the Commission summarized the issues and problems associated with the current governance structure. This document 1) identifies underlying tensions that influence the governance discussion; 2) summari...

Sequester Impact on Biomedical Research

Today, U.S. biomedical research is caught in a painful paradox—scientific progress is moving faster than ever. However, due to arbitrary across-the-board spending cuts, U.S. scientific innovation faces its greatest threat ever. Reduced federal support for biomedical research poses serious risks to our health and economy, but most Americans will not immediately feel those impacts. Who will tell ...