Using an HIV Drug to Treat Early-Stage Ebola
Dr. Gorbee Logan noticed that there were similarities between how Ebola and HIV replicate themselves and decided to treat some of his Ebola patients with an HIV drug. He has tried the drug on 15 patients, and all but two have survived. While this is not a statistically significant sample, it's a much higher survival rate than is currently being reported elsewhere.
Using Culture Change to Prevent Domestic Violence in the NFL
During his amazing talk on the epidemiology of violence at Dent the Future 2014, Dr. Gary Slutkin said (and I paraphrase) that one of the key determining factors in whether an individual will commit a violent act is whether or not that person thinks their peer group will find the violent act acceptable. Slutkin's work is showing that violence spreads just like an epidemic, with cultural attitudes about violent behavior as the key vector for predicting when and where violence will occur.
Dark Matter: Mapping the Unseen Universe
Just as 17th century microbiology pioneer Antonie van Leeuwenhoek used his homemade microscope to view the previously unseen world of microbes, scientists today are creating a map of the dark matter in the universe; applying computer models to the gravitational forces impacting the stuff that we can observe directly to theorize about the nature of what we cannot.
New Brain-Training Apps Reveal Top Skills in Different Professions
The Wall Street Journal reports that data gathered from brain training apps like London-based Brainbow Ltd.'s "Peak" (free to $34.99 / year on the App Store) can tell us a lot about how brains perform
Denter of the Week: Ellen Petry Leanse
Each week from now through December, we’ll pose several short questions to a member of the Dent family and share their answers with you. This week’s featured Denter is Ellen Petry Leanse, a Strategist, Advisor, & Coach at Work in Progress Consulting. She tweets under the handle @chep2m.
Ask a Simple Question...Dent the Universe
Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage recently sat down with NPR to talk about how asking simple questions can lead to world-changing discoveries. You can listen to the entire interview here.
A New Take on a Centuries-Old Dent in Microbiology
esterday, we looked at modern day microbiologists who are looking to the flora within the human body as a source for new methods of killing antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Today, we travel back to 1647 and the birth of microbiology with the New York Times.