Editorial: Work–Life Balance: Essential or Ephemeral?

Editorial: Work–Life Balance: Essential or Ephemeral?

Morphogenesis: Eternal truth or ephemeral beauty.

The construction and destruction of the sand mandala (A) in Tibetan Buddhism symbolizes both the beauty of form and the fleeting nature of its existence. D’Arcy Thompson, in the second edition of his seminal 1917 book “On Growth and Form”, used the analogy of a milk splash (B) to illustrate such contrasting perfection and impermanence in biology. According to Thompson, morphology and morphogene...

Editorial: Metals and neurodegeneration: restoring the balance

There is considerable evidence that abnormal biometal homeostasis is a key feature of many neurodegenerative diseases and may have an important role in the onset and progression of disorders such as Alzheimer's (AD), Parkinson's (PD), prion, and motor neuron diseases. The role of biometals in a growing list of brain disorders is supported by evidence from a wide range of sources including molec...

EDITORIAL Hypoxia , nitrogen balance and body weight

Recent clinical studies have shown that acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by disturbances in the balance between dietary intake and energy expenditure [1, 2] as well as by a negative nitrogen balance [3]. Since weight loss prior to and during hospitalisation for an acute exacerbation has been related to poor outcome in terms of mortality and r...

Editorial: CDH or DDH?

not be. It is generally accepted by medical professionals that the manifestation of multigenetic disease during the lifetime of a gene carrier depends on certain environmental factors. This hip disorder can develop and even be exacerbated when certain environmental factors are present, but can also recede without further intervention following elimination of those same factors at an early devel...