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Contemporary psychiatric misdirections derived primarily from standard medical errors of oversimplification, misplaced emphasis, and invention are reviewed. These particular errors, however, were in part prompted and sustained by the sociocultural fads and fashions of the day. The results have been disastrous for everyone — patients, families, the public and psychiatry itself.
A demonstration of inhibition of β-sheets in both reactive amyloid, using an in vivo mouse model, and synthetic Alzheimer (β) amyloid, in vitro (pages 143–148).
It is reported that DNA fragmentation (indicating apoptosis) is rarely observed in HIV-1 or SIV-producing infected cells, and HIV-1 or SIV RNA is rarely (0-1%) observed in apoptotic cells. What is the role of apoptosis in the pathogenicity of HIV infection? (pages 129–134)
Examination of the effects of three new drugs shows that the destruction of the immune system in AIDS reflects fulminant HIV production, which eventually overwhelms the immune system's prodigious powers of regeneration.
One of the most contentious issues facing the NIH this year will be deciding what types of human embryo research should receive federal funds. President Bill Clinton has already ruled out one whole area.
