These results showed that chelation therapy modestly reduced the risk of bad cardiovascular outcomes, but though the study provided a platform for further research, researchers cautioned that the study wasn't conclusive enough to support routine use of the therapy after heart attack.
Other scientists, while praising the research, cautioned against characterizing Alex's abilities as human.
Equity research, cautioned, "This is about as severe as it gets without it being called a bear market".
Martin Wikelski, a zoologist at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology who was not involved in the research, cautioned that some questions about the birds were still unanswered.
Stanford's Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, who led the research, cautioned that panobinostat has not yet been shown to work in children with DIPG.
Daphne Bavelier, who led that research, cautioned that the field was young, and that brain training could have side effects, like changing how the brain functions for the worse.
But research cautions that there are many other barriers, some invisible, that continue to block women from success: subtle and not-so-subtle biases about what constitutes leadership, a lack of mentors and sponsors to pull women through the pipeline, and a corporate culture that may lack flexibility and other policies to enable women to advance.
Athanasios Orphanides, SB '85, PhD '90, a professor of the practice of global economics and management at MIT Sloan, agrees with this assessment — but his recent research cautions against viewing the "original sin" of the Greek bailout and the subsequent euro area crisis as a purely economic problem.
Prudential Insurance research cautions, sadly, that employees who stay past their time may be too expensive, especially when comparing the benefits of hiring a younger worker.
