In 2012 and 2013, bexarotene researchers reported that bexarotene reduced amyloid plaque and improved mental functioning in a small sample of mice engineered to exhibit Alzheimer's-like symptoms and the findings were promoted in the media.
â¢ Significance: â¢ Professor is a job title while Doctor only signifies that the person has passed his Ph.D. â¢ There can be Professors even in the fraternity of the medical world as they are doctors who become eligible to teach to junior doctors.
A doctorate (from Latin docere, to teach) or doctor's degree (from Latin doctor, teacher) or doctoral degree is an academic degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) awarded by universities that, in most countries, qualifies the holder to teach at the university level in the degree's field, or to work in a specific profession.