BACKGROUND The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 caused considerable loss of life, destruction of livelihood and infrastructure. Linked to this event but not its cause, was the meltdown and radioactive contamination of the environment from Fukishima Dai-ichi power plant. This disaster, in turn, led to the enforced evacuation of populations at risk. Japanese nurses, physicians, parame...

There are increasing numbers of traditional biologists, untrained in educational research methods, who want to develop and assess new classroom innovations. In this article we argue the necessity of formal research over normal classroom feedback. We also argue that traditionally trained biologists can make significant contributions to biology pedagogy. We then offer some guidance to the biologi...

O'Leary and Cantillon outline how longitudinal integrated clerkships can evolve to facilitate interprofessional learning prepare students for the collaborative practice needed deliver modern healthcare.

The recently reported cell-free mitochondria in human blood have been thought to be respiratory competent, giving rise speculation about their biological function(s). By characterizing bioenergetics vitro, we show that circulating are unlikely functional vivo since they display no potential for oxidative phosphorylation.