How has South Africa’s scientific landscape changed?

Has Scientific Communication Changed in 300 Years?

In a recent editorial I discussed the future of scientific publication. 1 I mentioned Joshua Lederberg’s EUGRAM— the process of sending messages and “publishing” papers via computer terminals. z While Lederberg’s preview of the future may cause some readers “future shock, ” I wondered how much different publication will be in 2001 than it was 300 years ago. Although the technology of producing ...

Systemic therapy of advanced pancreatic cancer: has the landscape changed?

Limited progress has been made in the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer. Gemcitabine was established as a standard of care after a randomized phase III study showed an improvement in clinical benefit response and overall survival over 5-flurouracil. Multiple phase III studies have been conducted to improve upon the response and survival established with single-agent gemcitabine. Combining...

Responding to Changing Family Organization How Has Policy Responded? How Has Family Organization Changed?

parent, generally their mother. Divorce rates rose dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s and have remained high. At the same time, more individuals are waiting to older ages to marry, or are not marrying at all, thus increasing the period during which women are at risk of a nonmarital birth. By the late 1990s, 26 percent of white children, 41 percent of Hispanic children, and 69 percent of black ...

Tuberculosis control: how the world has changed since 1990.

In 1990 the Commission on Health Research for Development stated that ‘‘The magnitude of the tuberculosis problem is matched only by its relative neglect by the international community.’’ (1) A decade later, in March 2000, ministers of health and finance from the 20 countries that have 80% of the world’s tuberculosis cases met in Amsterdam and issued the Amsterdam Declaration. This stated that ...

How Much Has the Supreme Court Changed Patent Law