Daily Archives:November 21, 2015
Cancer connection: study of inflammation offers tantalizing clues
The body displays a remarkable capacity for healing wounds— a process we often take for granted. Within a day, a finger we’ve carelessly nicked returns to normal. Behind the scenes, a crucial mediator of the body’s inflammatory
Too much or too little of one gene, CHRNA7, is associated with many neuropsychiatric disorders
In the human genome, certain regions are unstable and are found to have missing ( deletions ) or extra ( duplications ) pieces of chromosome. Many of these deletions and duplications have been implicated in neurological disease,
Onco-Nephrology: the frontier of cancer and kidney disease
Kidney problems can result from cancer or its treatment. Patients with kidney disease can develop cancer. These clinical problems are challenging and significantly affect morbidity and mortality. Yet until recently they have not had focused attention. Cancer
Oil penetration into the human skin
很长一段时间,油很多的基础skin care products and ointments in the cosmetic industry and medicine. Oils are supposed to be non-penetrating substances, therefore they are neutral for the human skin
The prognostic value of tumor markers and cytokines in patients with squamous cell cervical cancer
Optimal management of cervical cancer consists of appropriate treatment methods after the precise staging, following detection as early as possible, and the best salvage therapy. Early detection of recurrence, especially at the early stages in cervical cancer
Conservation of biological resources, Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites
The conservation of biological resources is an essential factor for all biological research, and is the first function of a Biological Resource Centre. For parasites, this conservation remains difficult due to the structural complexity of the microorganisms.
The discovery of an ancient symbiosis challenges a decades old paradigm
The vast majority of land plants form intimate nutritional partnerships with filamentous fungi wherein fungal-acquired mineral nutrients from the soil are traded for plant-generated organic carbon. These mutualistic associations, known as arbuscular mycorrhizas (“tree-like fungus-roots”), are widely
Chaperones’ seduction
Molecular chaperones are a very special class of proteins found in all organisms from bacteria to humans. Like their name suggests, they accompany and supervise the correct folding of all the other proteins in cells. This process
What does a guardian protect genomic DNA from?
Living organisms can achieve their propagation through copying (replicating) the genetic information, coded in DNA sequence, and dividing them to each daughter cell. DNA sequence is a basic element and its conservation is essential for individual life
Voice changes in real speaking situations during a day with and without vocal loading
Employment in the modern world is characterized by an increasing number of employees working in professions that require continuous and intense vocal usage. Among these vocally demanding professions (in which voice is a main professional tool) one
