Yearly Archives: 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
For a long time, oils have been the basis of many 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
The art to irradiate the Internal Mammary Nodes (IMN) in breast cancer patients
Radiation therapy (RT) has demonstrated strong clinical benefit in patients with breast conservative surgery or with radical mastectomy and who are at high risk for relapse. Unfortunately, this benefit was counterbalanced by an increased risk for death
A method that may raise hope of developing new treatments for Meniere’s disease and other inner ear disorders with hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness
Disorders of the inner ear are rather common and may lead to dizziness, tinnitus and loss of hearing. Several of those disorders may include an increased swelling, i.e. hydrops, of parts of the inner ear as a
What do we know and what can we do about asthma?
Asthma affects more than 300 million people of all ages and both genders worldwide and causes a huge financial burden on health systems and governments. Asthmatics have sensitive airways which over react to triggers such as allergens,
A potential harmless food bio-preservative — pediocin PA-1
Food safety issues are always around us for food-borne pathogen and spoilage bacteria exist in many kinds of food. Chemical preservatives are added to prevent food spoilage, however, most of them are cancerogen and unsafe for us.
Young adults with autism show improved social function following UCLA skills program
Researchers at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA have found that a social skills program for high – functioning young adults with autism spectrum disorder significantly improved the participants’ ability to engage with
Infants’ superior perception linked to later autism symptoms
People with autism are often described as “seeing the world differently.” They tend to show superior perception for details, like, for example, the autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire’s highly accurate representations of cityscapes drawn from memory. Now, researchers
Tuning surface/interface of nanocarbon: promoted catalysis
Catalysis is the cornerstone for chemical industries. The development of low-cost sustainable catalysts with high catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability under mild conditions remains at the heart of modern material chemistry, green chemistry, and catalysis fields for
Understanding phosphorus-centered radicals for a sustainably phosphor chemistry
Organo-phosphorus compounds are widely used in different fields of application from the production of pharmaceuticals to other valuable chemicals. A major problem of the use of organo-phosphorus compounds is the production of these compounds starting from the
Characterizing the whac-a-mole concept of a bispecific antibody targeting cancer cells
One of the great promises of antibodies is to be magic bullets that specifically target diseased cells without affecting normal cells. Oncology researchers identify targets on tumor cells that are unique, overexpressed, or oncogenic drivers that can
Who’s calling for weight loss? Messages from the current literature
One-third of adolescents in the U.S. are overweight or obese. This is a significant public health concern because obese children are more likely to develop conditions once seen only in adults, including high blood pressure, type 2
