Pushed out of a tough crowd: centrosome aberrations promote invasiveness

Crowd Out Weeds

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Thrombolysis for stroke: pushed out of the window?

Is Crowd out a Problem in Recessions?

The crowd out effects of the government deficit is tested by adding it to consumption and investment models which control extensively for other factors. Effects are calculated for recession and non-recession periods, and compared to models with average crowd out, and models without crowd out. Test results indicate 1) deficits crowd out private consumption and investment, are statistically signi...

Can Policy Crowd Out Culture?

Policies may change the returns to transmitting cultural norms to the next generation, unintentionally changing cultural practices. I study cultural norms that determine which children support their parents in their old age in Indonesia and Ghana. Consistent with a model where these norms play the dual role of increasing old age support and ameliorating incomplete contracting problems between p...

Human Macrophages Promote the Motility and Invasiveness

Increasing evidence indicates that macrophages in tumor stroma can significantly modify the malignant phenotypes of tumors. Osteopontin (OPN) is frequently overexpressed in cancers with high metastatic capacity and, thus, has been considered as a potential therapeutic target. To find out whether macrophages can affect the outcome of OPNknockdown tumor cells, we used RNA interference (RNAi) to s...