Current research ethics focuses on protecting study participants, but according to bioethicists from 海角社区 and Carnegie Mellon University, these efforts fail to prevent harms that undermine the social value of research.
In a paper published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from 海角社区 have demonstrated for the first time that there are specific neurons that respond selectively to first and second order sensory attributes.
A new 海角社区 study evaluating off-label prescribing of medications by primary care physicians in Quebec suggests the practice is common, although it varies by medication, patient and physician characteristics. The paper was published online today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Nearly one in five people suffers from the insidious and often devastating problem of chronic pain. That the problem persists, and is growing, is striking given the many breakthroughs in understanding the basic biology of pain over the past two decades. Research published online in Nature Medicine points to potential solutions.