Dr. Masud Khandaker, a Fellow in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, (now at Ottawa Cardiovascular Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) discusses his article appearing in the November 2012 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, where he retrospectively compares and contrasts the medical and surgical outcomes for refractory relapsing pericarditis. Available at: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/ S0025-6196(12)00846-4/fulltext

Dr. Mira Keddis, Instructor of Medicine and third year fellow in Nephrology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses her article appearing in the November 2012 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, which demonstrates that patients with Chronic Kidney disease are at a higher risk of Clostridium Difficile Infection.
Available at: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(12)00848-8/fulltext

In episode 65 of MicrobeWorld Video, Dr. Stan Maloy talks with Natalie Prystajecky Ph.D., Environmental Public Health Microbiologist, BCCDC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, about her work with norovirus. This episode was filmed at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting in Vancouver, Canada on February 16th, 2012. Norovirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in the world. In the U.S. norovirus accounts for up to sixty percent of all...

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare peri-implant conditions between fully edentulous (FES) and partially edentulous subjects (PES). Material and methods: A systematic review was conducted. The MEDLINE, EM- BASE and CENTRAL databases were searched for publications up to 1 January 2012. Studies reporting on the bleeding tendency of the peri-implant mucosa and/ or studies reporting on the prevalence of peri-implant mucositis and/or peri-im- plantitis were considered. Results:...

Scientific American entry for Iron Egg Head demonstrating how insulin works in the body.

SciAm2012

2nd Focus Lecture by Dr. Eduardo R. Mendoza, Visiting Scientist, Department of Membrane Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany and Senior Research Scientist, Faculty of Physics & Center for NanoScience, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. The lecture covered: (1) Understanding nanoparticle-cell interactions for nanosafety and nanomedicine, (2) A basic model of gold nanoparticles-cell interactions, (3) modelling targeted drug delivery with functionalized...