No definite link between cannabis use and suicide: our review
We’ve published an interesting review (aren’t they all though?) on a study that discussed the lack of association between marijuana and suicide risk, in what our reviewer Wayne Hall from the University...
View ArticleThe drugs don’t work
A copy of ‘People & Science’, the publication of the British Science Association appeared on my desk this morning. (Aside: what is it with these people? Founded in 1831, they used to be known as...
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Weekly Roundup
One of the things that came out of Liz Allen’s paper on expert review and bibliometrics in PLoS ONE last year was that we at F1000 often ‘miss’ highly-cited papers. Some people appear to think that...
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She's ovulating
For this week’s Culture Friday, Jenny Rohn tells us what it was like to rap with Baba Brinkman. The intersection of science and art is an uncertain landscape, treading a fine line between asthetics,...
View ArticleHandle with care
Healthcare workers face a number of occupational hazards, including physical injuries from lifting heavy items (patients!) and infectious diseases from needleprick injuries and the like. But the tools...
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Just can’t get enough
Professor David Nutt was famously sacked from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs by the UK’s Labour Government at the time, apparently for being rational about scientific evidence. He now...
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News in a nutshell
Greek scientists accused of stealing funds A group of Greek scientists are under investigation for misuse of government funds — no less than 150-200 million euros, in fact. Greek euro coin design,...
View ArticleNo way back
We’re pleased to welcome Stephen Brimijoin to the Faculty. Steve is at the Mayo Clinic and has come up with a method of—hopefully—preventing former drug users from relapsing. He’s now received a...
View ArticleThe alternative to warfarin: how much to prescribe
One of our highest ranked papers discusses a randomized trial looking at a long-sought after orally administered substitute for warfarin in reducing the risk of embolic events in cases of atrial...
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How many leucines?
Removal of neurotransmitter from the synaptic cleft is accomplished by a class of transporter called Neurotransmitter/sodium symporters (NSSs). These couple the uptake of neurotransmitter (including...
View ArticleOn taking a good look at ourselves
Perhaps the most distinctive and powerful thing about Science is its tendency, or rather proclivity to ask searching, even uncomfortable questions. And unlike belief systems, or ideological and...
View ArticleGeoff Burnstock
Professor Geoffrey Burnstock proposed the purinergic hypothesis, describing what is probably the most primitive (oldest) signalling pathway in the body. He cloned the first purinergic receptor in the...
View ArticleName that drug
“Pandemrix” The word might not mean anything to you now, but if I were to tell you it was a drug–or a vaccination–you’d probably guess right away what it was for. Pandemrix is an adjuvanted anti-flu...
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World Malaria Day 2012
Today marks a crucial point in the global fight against the devastating malaria epidemic that has plagued humankind since we existed as a species. “Sustain gains, save lives, invest in malaria” forms...
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