Monthly Archives: October 2015
Pathogenicity of Brucella microti in chicken embryos
Brucellosis is one of the major bacterial zoonosis spread worldwide. The disease has different names: Infectious abortion, contagious abortion, enzootic abortion in animals; and Crimean fever, Mediterranean fever, Rock fever, Undulant fever or Malta fever in humans.
“Rein in the runoff”
Increasing amounts of natural land in the United States are being converted to impervious (hardened) surfaces, such as roads, rooftops, sidewalks, and parking lots. Water that once largely percolated through the soil to recharge groundwater supplies is
Yeasts make your life sweet!
Recently was found that the low-calorie sweetener Erythritol might be produced from waste by special species of yeast, Yarrowia lipolytica. Erythritol is natural, tastes almost exactly like table sugar, but it does not cause obesity. Erythritol belongs
Investigating the neural mechanisms of speech: an electrophysiological study
Speech is a vital component of how humans communicate to one another, yet how the brain processes this action is not fully understood. In order to properly diagnose and treat speech disorders, it is important to first
The gestural origins of language
How language evolved is one of the big mysteries of science. Other species communicate, but none can create anything like the variety and complexity of human language. There seems no limit to the number of things we
Electronic health record alerts lead to quicker treatments for patients
In the Emergency Department (ED), patients are initially assessed in a process called “triage.” The patient’s chief complaint is documented along with his or her vital signs, including: heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, respiratory rate, and oxygen
Micromaterials with tunnels for lighter and smaller batteries
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are important devices for mobile energy storage. Customers care about how long battery-powered devices, including laptops, cellphones, digital cameras, can last and how far the electric vehicles can run. A lot of research is
A novel protein called nischarin
Nischarin is a large protein that is present in the nucleus and cytoplasm of cells. So far, diseases associated with the NISCH gene include hypertension, dry mouth, morphine dependence, depression, anxiety, thick heart walls, congestive heart failure,
The effect of dehydroepiandrosterone in different stages of osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is likely to become an increasing burden in the coming decades. Current medications for OA, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), steroids or viscosupplementation provide only symptomatic improvements. The major disadvantage of all current treatments is
Genome studies of a soil bacterium, a potential candidate for removing arsenic from contaminated water
Worldwide various human activities such as mining, chemical industries, use of arsenic-based pesticides, and natural occurrences result in contamination of soil and water with heavy metals and cause severe environmental and health problems. Millions of people are
Who is going to do well on anticoagulants?
Anticoagulants are very good at preventing recurrent disease in patients with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. This is important because venous thrombosis frequently causes long-term complaints such as pain, edema, fatique and dyspnea. Moreover, 4% of
Trifluoromethylthiolation of aliphatic electrophiles
As one of the most advanced technologies currently available for studying in vivo molecular interactions, positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that can produce a three-dimensional image of functional processes in the body. It
Invest in health at work: an economic challenge
Almost one third of EU citizens report that work affects their health. When asked how work influences their health, 25 % of Europeans declared work to be pathogenic. Conversely, only 7 % reported work to be positive
Where is the pacemaker in the womb?
In our body, we have several types of muscles to perform many types of activities, such as moving our skeleton (i.e. walking), pumping our blood around (heart and vessels) or absorbing and propelling our food in the
How many species of hakes inhabit Argentine and New Zealand waters?
Hakes belonging to the Genus Merluccius are one of the most heavily exploited fishes worldwide. In Argentinean waters, merluccids have been one of the most valuable fishery resource, representing about 40% of the total fish catch in
A novel approach for the treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and possibly other autoimmune diseases.
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a leading chronic autoimmune disease in children that can result in severe disability, pain, and loss of quality of life. Similarly to what is found in other autoimmune diseases, the immune-balance in
How Panax ginseng prevents pneumococcal diseases and sepsis
Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer (P. ginseng; common name Korean ginseng) is one of the most popular herbal medicines in Korea and Asian countries. P. ginseng is very well known as a potential immune-modulator on various cancer diseases.
Stranded cetaceans as sentinels for those living in the open sea
Cetacean strandings, coupled with the study of their causative factors, are a matter of rapidly growing scientific interest and debate. Within such context, “beached” cetaceans undoubtedly represent a crucial source of “vital informations”, provided that dolphins’ and
Stress tolerance in plants is controlled by a “master regulator” of chloroplast protein import
To achieve food security by meeting the needs of an ever growing human population, which could reach near 10 billion by 2050, large increases in crop yields will be essential. Environmental stresses, such as drought and salinity,
Trafficking and signalling from the endosome regulate blood vessel formation in the lung
The formation of new small blood vessels is essential during development and as a repair mechanism in disease. In the lung, blood vessel formation is altered in diseases such as severe bacterial infection and tumour spread. The
