How do we prevent hindrence of scientific progress by patent issues?

Currently the technology of gene editing CRISP-Cas9 is being addressed in counts over the matter who owns the patents. As a result progress by making use of this technology may be hampered....

31 December 2016 3,523 2 View

What lessons can we draw from the last ebola outbreak now that we are dealing with the Zika virus?

A very successful discussion on the ebola virus (see https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_viable_solutions_for_the_Ebola_virus_once_infected) asks for a follow up now that we are dealing...

01 February 2016 4,691 0 View

Cancer a mere matter of luck? Or is there something under-appreciated?

31 December 2014 692 88 View

What are the criteria to be eligible for proton beam therapy?

Ashya King is now finally receiving the treatment his parents were after. But not before they had to jump through legal hoops, like taking their child from his hospital to Spain and being taken...

08 September 2014 8,198 3 View

Is an intact immune system essential for adequate cancer treatment?

In another thread (http://tinyurl.com/k2em55e) we learn that there are two camps on approaches to cancer therapy: one is for targeted therapy, the other is phenotype-oriented. But both camps...

05 June 2014 787 4 View

Is the efficacy of chemotherapy a biological enigma?

Based on other discussions, it appears that former claims of efficacy (no matter what therapy) are disputed based on unclear statistic underpinning. One conclusion was that a clinical trial needs...

04 May 2014 5,321 12 View

Which platform gives the best overview on protein biomarkers?

Many genes and their proteins are indicated in one disease or the other, either by expression changes, or by post-translational modifications. I would like to see an overview of where we currently...

05 June 2013 4,445 4 View

How can I edit suggested publications?

Hi there! I regularly receive suggestion about papers and authors that are totally out of my area. Does anybody know how I can fix this? Thank you!

01 March 2021 9,574 4 View

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View

Unknown debris sheets observed in cell culture flasks?

Hi, We culture neural progenitor cells in T175 culture flasks coated with PLO-Laminin. We have successfully grown these cells with our protocol for months. Recently, we observed large sheets...

25 February 2021 3,443 4 View

What is a good reagent for lentiviral plasmid transfection in HeLa cells?

I have been using Lipofectamine 2000 but was hoping there may be a better protocol or one for something like Lipofectamine PLUS reagent.

24 February 2021 1,633 4 View

Anybody write me the name of scopus journals in commerce, management, economics areas. Which publish without any charge?

Please write those scopus journal names for which you have good experience with them.

24 February 2021 6,210 1 View

What does it require to be ready for e-Commerce in developing countries?

Most developing countries are not ready for e-Commerce? What dimensions and indicators are there to measure e-commerce readiness of a nation? Please share framework or model and evaluation...

22 February 2021 8,132 6 View

HPLC baseline failure (ACN/Water)?

My baseline increases without any explanation, it is only fixed by changing the solution B, will it be the column? Reagents? Bomb? Detector? Solution A: H3PO4 0.01% IN WATER Solution B: H3PO4...

21 February 2021 5,656 3 View

How can I separate Gertrud Pfister's profile and the profile of Gerald Gems?

we are co-authors of several publications. But I am the only and single author of most of my publications which are based on my own research. How can I separate the profiles?

21 February 2021 4,582 3 View

Gallium Antimonide (GaSb). Can anyone help me to find vendor (provider) to sell GaSb solar cell ?

I am searching of provider (GaSb), I only found this one (https://jxcrystals.com/wp/about/). Can anyone help me?

21 February 2021 1,945 2 View

Which transfection reagent is the best for plasmid transfection of MDA-MB-231 cell line, Lipofectamine based or other reagent suggestion?

I try to transfect MDA MB 231 cell line with a plasmid by PEI, unfortunately, the rate of transfection is low, and now I wanna find and order the best transfection reagent for this cell line and...

19 February 2021 828 6 View