Editorial: We are getting thicker!

Editorial: Presence: Where Are We?

179 IN 1978, THE PHILOSOPHER DANIEL DENNETT presented us with an interesting and entertaining thought experiment entitled “Where am I?” as the last chapter of his Brainstorms book.1 Dennett recounts the story of a “curious episode” in his life where his brain got surgically separated from his body, with each connection between them restored by placing two “microminiaturized radio transceivers” ...

Myeloid leukemia: are we getting better?☆

short time. There is a need to provide a post remission therhe study by Callera et al., published in this issue of the evista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia (RBHH),1 eveals evidence of a continuous decrease in the mortality ate in adult patients with myeloid leukemias from 1994 to 011 in southeast Brazil. Undoubtedly, this decline is related o the better understanding and treatment of ...

DNA Cytosine Demethylation: Are We Getting Close?

Whether 5-methylcytosine (meC) can be enzymatically removed from vertebrate DNA has been the subject of extensive study and also some controversy. Rai et al. (2008) now report that cytosine demethylation can be accomplished in a one-cell zebrafish embryo by the combined action of a cytidine deaminase and a thymine DNA glycosylase.

Are we getting our money's worth?

Editorial : We ' ve Come a Long Way but Are We

The two-part article on the development and implementation of a resident classification system for long-term care facilities by Cathy Charles and Corinne Schalm in this issue of the Journal merits special attention. The description of the process and work involved in attempting to develop an equitable funding arrangement for these facilities provides a good example of the contribution applied r...