Discovering the obvious, damaging the defenseless

Defenseless against the common cold

New genetic mapping studies explain why a certain mouse strain is predisposed to developing fatal leukemia. Turcotte et al., reporting on page 881, identify a point mutation in the transcription factor IRF-8 (interferon regulatory factor 8) that abolishes its function and sets the stage for a second, leukemia-triggering mutation. The recombinant mouse strain BXH-2 is known to develop first a my...

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Seeing Beyond the Obvious

Sarcoidosis: A Systemic Inflammatory Disease Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by the deposition of noncaseating granulomas in multiple organs, including the lungs, skin, central nervous system, and heart. The diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis is important because it confers a poorer prognosis, with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudde...

The obvious answer.

In his book titled “Everything Is Obvious. Once You Know the Answer”, Duncan Watts posits that what we value as worthwhile is often determined by chance. He cites the case of the famous painting Mona Lisa that is now considered among the world’s masterpieces, and hangs in a special place in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. For centuries, the Mona Lisa was of no particular interest, and was thought...

Missing the obvious.