"It's reasonably new that rigorous methods are being used to study these health practices".
The NYCMap is already being used to study the West Nile virus on Staten Island.
Roughly a third of the federal research money is being used to study Type 1, which often surfaces in children and is viewed as potentially curable.
Another imaging technique, called optical coherence tomography, is being used to study the effect inside the eye of a drug that Genentech is testing to treat macular degeneration, a retina-damaging disease that can cause blindness.
It was startling to learn that the origin of optogenetics, a technology that is now being used to study the brain using flashes of light, lies in a unicellular organism basically, pond scum that has no brain of its own.
A decade ago, scientists developed simulations of metabolism that are now being used to study a wide array of cells, including bacteria, yeast and photosynthetic organisms.
Besides the ground-based instruments being used to study it, a small fleet of space telescopes and robotic probes have also been pointed at it.
Another cause for concern, they say, are the methods being used to study for the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or Toefl, which most U.S. schools require for admission.
Some palms that grow near the forest floor (Asterogyne martiana and Geonoma cuneata, for example) are being used to study light relationships, especially as regards simple versus dissected leaves.
It was startling to learn that the origin of optogenetics, a technology that is now being used to study the brain using flashes of light, lies in a unicellular organism — basically, pond scum — that has no brain of its own.
Social networks are increasingly being used to study the epidemiology of human diseases.
