Lazarus in the news

When a research article is heavily featured in the press we can learn a lot about how to spin a story. Whereas headlines may lead with ‘Paralysed man walks’ or ‘Schnoz stem cells soothe severed spine’—academic credibility and sober peer review yielded ‘Functional regeneration of supraspinal connections in a patient with transected spinal cord following transplantation of bulbar olfactory ensheathing cells with peripheral nerve bridging.’ We wait with bated breath to hear how this breakthrough changes rehabilitation medicine.

Cell Transplant 2014. [Epub ahead of print].

Croc of gold

Bill Bryson insists that Australia is the most dangerous place on Earth primarily for its indigenous beasties and the formidable …