Around the Web--November, 2008
There are multiple themes for this month’s Around the Web selections. They include bacterial pathogens, cell signaling pathways and flora from down under.
Two bacterial pathogens that typically don’t get enough respect are Mycobacterium tuberculosis (causative agent of tuberculosis) and Helicobacter pylori (causative agent of peptic ulcers). To that end, there are two websites from the Pasteur Institute that provide lots of information about these two important pathogens—tuberculist web server and pylorigene webserver. Both sites can provide you with everything that you ever wanted to know about tuberculosis and peptic ulcers and then some!
The cell signaling theme can be found in the websites Alliance for Cellular Signaling and UCSD-Nature Signaling Gateway . According to Kevin, both sites have their style and content issues but still provide visitors with the signaling information that they may be seeking.
The down under flora theme is found in the Australian Flora Resources and the Tasmania Unique Flora websites. While I am not a big flora fan (not that there is anything wrong with that), both sites can be informative to visitors given the uniqueness and diversity of the flora that is typically found in Australia.
Two sites that are worth mentioning include the FDA Adverse Events Database, a must read for anybody involved in pharmacovigilance or adverse events reporting for marketed drugs and What's New a “rather unusual database focused on prose, poetry, film, video, and art for teaching and research in the medical humanities.” Medical humanities--go figure!
Until next time…
Good Luck and Good Web surfing!!!!!!!!!!!
