Water shortage: a glimpse into the future

A glimpse into the future.

Prostate cancer has become a major public health problem worldwide. In both highand low-risk populations, rates are increasing; clearly some of the increase is related to the widespread use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in developed countries. Among US men, it is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer and the second most common cause of cancer deaths. Despite its substantial m...

Preeclampsia--a glimpse into the future?

n engl j med 359;8 www.nejm.org august 21, 2008 858 ulate that SLCO1B1 variants cause a susceptibility to statin-induced myopathy, but the study by the SEARCH Collaborative Group shows an unequivocal association. Since approximately 60% of the cases of simvastatin-induced myopathy were attributed to variant SLCO1B1, avoiding the administration of high-dose simvastatin to those who are homozygou...

A glimpse into the future of diagnostics.

In this issue of Clinical Chemistry, a report by the teams of Sam Sia (at Columbia) and Vincent Linder (at Claros/OPKO), together with a large group of collaborators, provides a remarkable example of what happens when one rethinks, both creatively and practically, how to collect diagnostic information in the developing world (1 ). By combining innovative engineering, a mixture of new and famili...

Global Inland Water Monitoring from Satellite Radar Altimetry – a Glimpse into the Future

The capability of satellite radar altimeters to monitor the height changes of major lakes is well established. However, river systems present far more challenging targets. By retracking altimeter echoes using an expert system approach, river heights can be successfully monitored; this capability is bounded by the along-track sampling rate. However, a glimpse into the potential of future altimet...

Generational Preferences: A Glimpse into the Future Office