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The prison seminary movement and the impact of faith-based programmes
Byron R. Johnson and Sung Joon Jang share key challenges affecting America’s prison system, the prison seminary movement and the positive impact that faith-based programmes can have.
Understanding thermolabile protecting groups for nucleic acid-based drugs
Serge L. Beaucage investigates thermolabile protecting groups for the amine functions of purine and pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides for the development and implementation of synthetic DNA sequences as nucleic acid-based drugs.
Applying data science advances in disease surveillance and control
Dr. David S. Ebert from the University of Oklahoma’s Data Institute for Societal Challenges and Dr. Aaron Wendelboe from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center outline how a cohesive, multidisciplinary, and multi-tiered approach can support a more predictive model in disease surveillance and control.
The emergence of precision medicine for oncology
Dr Priya Hays, PhD, considers how the rapid development of precision medicine for oncology has impacted diagnosis, treatment, and clinical outcomes in cancer care.
Recording and decoding neural signals from the vagus nerve
Dominique M Durand, distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, USA, discusses the study of neural signals from the vagus nerve.
Genetic mechanisms of pigment accumulation in carrot colours
We hear from Philipp Simon, from the USDA, Agricultural Research Service & University of Wisconsin, Madison, about how a kaleidoscope of colors reveals new genetic mechanisms of pigment accumulation in carrot colors.
Ovarian cancer research: Examining ovarian function and dysfunction
JoAnne S Richards, PhD, Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, explores ovarian cancer research with a focus on ovarian function and dysfunction.
Future technology: Multi-purpose plasmas with microwaves
Professor Michel Moisan and his team at Université de Montréal (UdeM) explore reliable, energy-efficient and multi-purpose plasmas with microwaves for research and technology.
Understanding HIV risk in older adults
Laneshia Conner, Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky, discusses gaps in HIV and AIDS prevention and why greater awareness and support for HIV risk in older adults is needed.
Managing patients with diabetes in rural underserved areas
Professor Richard J. Santen, MD from the University of Virginia, explains the need for retired endocrinologists returning to work to manage patients with diabetes in America’s rural underserved areas, including comment on telemedicine.
Uncovering the potential for geoscience research in Canada’s North
David Mate, Executive Director of the Northern Canada Division, Geological Survey of Canada, shares how the GEM-GeoNorth program is using geoscience research to improve the quality of life for Canadians.
Exploring current and future therapies for childhood astrocytoma
Here, Doctor Peter J Houghton explains current therapies for childhood brain cancer what needs to change to ensure better outcomes for children diagnosed with astrocytoma in the future.
Cutaneous chronic wounds: A worldwide silent epidemic
Chronic wounds develop due to the defective regulation of one or more of the complex cellular and molecular processes involved in proper healing. Here Manuela Martins-Green explores novel potential treatments for wound chronicity.
Using of opioids for chronic pain: Controversies, guidelines, research needs
First in a series of five articles, Norm Buckley and Jason Busse explore the trials and tribulations associated with using opioids for chronic pain, particularly in Canada.
The role of religion in offender rehabilitation and prisoner well-being
Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson discuss the influence of religion on offender rehabilitation and how it promotes prisoner well-being.
Genetic coding: Roots of genetic readout in nucleic acid structural duality
Charles W. Carter, Jr, from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill explores the roots of genetic readout in the inherent structural duality of DNA and how genetic coding expanded its potential, enabling life to emerge.
HIV therapeutic targets: Basic virology to the discovery of antiretroviral drugs
Do we need new antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection, and if so, what are the promising targets? Dr Eric O. Freed, Director of the HIV Dynamics and Replication Program at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland, discusses these questions.
Bridging the cultural divide in social discourse, Part 3: The challenges of practicing intellectual...
In this third of a five-article series in Open Access Government on the topic of intellectual humility (IH), Peter C. Hill explores why political attitudes have created a cultural divide that makes it difficult for many to be intellectually humble.
Demographic pressures on the Egyptian labour market
Ragui Assaad, Professor from Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, explores the upcoming resumption of demographic pressures on the Egyptian labour market and what can be done about it.
Childrearing culture from the agrarian era to the digital age
Chris Girard, an Associate Professor of Sociology in Florida International University, looks at childrearing culture from the perspective of coevolving informatics.
