Daily Archives:February 5, 2016
Innovative tool, promise for treating Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative brain diseases
If at the dawn of the twentieth century, Alzheimer’s disease was seen as a rare disease, but today the incidence of this disease has taken epidemic proportions and is treated as one of the diseases of civilization.
Smaller cut, same result
The mitral valve is one of the four cardiac valves. It sits in the left side of the heart where it serves to prevent backflow of blood from the pumping chamber of the heart (ventricle) and the
Parenting and social competence in school: the role of preadolescents’ personality
This study of 230 preadolescent students (mean age 11.3 years) from the wider area of Athens, Greece, examined the role of personality in the relation between parenting dimensions and social competence in school. Social competence was defined
Focusing on non-tumor-derived factors for leukemia therapy
Approximately 10-20 million people worldwide are estimated to be infected with human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I), and 1-3% of HTLV-I-infected individuals develop a cancer of CD4+ T lymphocytes in the blood each year. The retrovirus-associated
Rapid detection of cocaine in fingerprints using ambient mass spectrometry
Fingerprint residues, commonly referred to as fingerprints, are the result of an accumulation of sweat at the fingertips which is transferred to any surface upon contact. The composition of the fingerprint residue is therefore dependant on the
Transcience in enzymes
Protein-enzymes catalyze most biochemical processes through high-energy, transient intermediates. Structural characterization of intermediates can lead to stable analogs that inhibit cognate enzymes and serve as pharmaceutical agents. The enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase catalyzes the oxidation of pyruvic acid to
