Israeli-Arab Relations; from Dream to Reality

Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis: from dream to reality.

I became interested in the area of prenatal diagnosis when I was a medical student at Oxford. I had been following the impressive advances occurring in the prenatal diagnosis of the hemoglobinopathies through the pioneering work of Prof. Yuet Wai Kan at the University of California San Francisco (1 ) and Prof. David Weatherall at Oxford (2 ). I also had the good fortune of getting firsthand exp...

Preanalytical quality improvement: from dream to reality.

Abstract Laboratory diagnostics (i.e., the total testing process) develops conventionally through a virtual loop, originally referred to as "the brain to brain cycle" by George Lundberg. Throughout this complex cycle, there is an inherent possibility that a mistake might occur. According to reliable data, preanalytical errors still account for nearly 60%-70% of all problems occurring in laborat...

Doctoral Education in Dental Hygiene: From Dream to Reality - Almost!

A goal of our profession has been to create a discipline– specific doctoral degree in dental hygiene. Currently there are several dental hygienists with doctoral degrees, many of whom contribute to the JDH Editorial Review Board. However, each of these dental hygienists has been forced to obtain a doctoral degree outside of the dental hygiene discipline because there was simply no other option....

Direct reprogramming for cardiac regeneration: from dream to reality.

Direct reprogramming of endogenous fibroblasts into functional cardiomyocytes to regenerate the heart after myocardial infarction (MI) has long been a dream. A few years ago, this would have been considered by most to be science fiction. Certainly, the most optimistic scientists would probably categorize this as “highly unlikely to ever work.” And yet, 2 papers,1,2 including one in this issue o...

the role of the israeli lobbies in the us foreign policy: from myth to reality

the us-israeli relationship is regarded as one of the strongest relations between two states in the contemporary world. for a number of cultural, strategic, and political reasons, the us strongly supports the zionist regime. on the other hand, the role of the strong, influential israeli lobby in the us has yet been another significant factor for the close relations between the two countries wit...

Reality check for American dream.