The Prevalence and Drug Sensitivity of Tuberculosis among Patients Dying in Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Postmortem Study

A postmortem study by Ted Cohen and colleagues reveals a huge toll of tuberculosis among patients dying in hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Regenerative medicine: from the laboratory looking out

Regenerative medicine has a rich and pluralistic history, characterised by a patchwork of innovation and blind alleys. As scientific researchers, our understanding of this hybrid field of regeneration in a historical and cultural context is far from complete, in part due to the range of non-medical contributory disciplines and a fascination with the future directions of research. This paper explores the different definitions of regenerative medicine and highlights issues faced in regenerative medicine research. We argue that a closer relationship between regenerative medicine and the humanities would enable researchers to better understand the historical context, ethical implications and public perception of this rapidly developing field. In many cases, this would be through better awareness of the existing expertise available in humanities research, which is often not visible to those in the laboratory

Biomedical Research, Stress and Unethical Behavior: Study of a Sample of Untenured Italian Researchers

Uncertain working conditions can induce stress and can lead to occurrences of unethical behavior in research activities, and ethical violations in biomedical disciplines are likely to affect care settings and medical therapies. The research presented herein compares the responses given by untenured Italian researchers in the biomedical (N = 124) and humanities (N = 107) fields to a questionnaire on stress and ethical behaviour. The results highlight undeniable levels of stress amongst the researchers investigated and the occurrence of unethical behavior by both sets of researchers, although this effect is more pronounced among researchers in the biomedical field