CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a virus that causes respiratory tract infections. The Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)‚ discovered in 1956‚ is capable of causing a broad spectrum of illnesses. In 1956‚ Morris and colleagues initially isolated RSV from chimpanzees with upper respiratory tract (URT) infections as the causative agent of most epidemic bronchiolitis cases. Subsequently‚ Channock et al (1956) associated this agent with bronchiolitis and lower respiratory
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction It is no secret that greens are good for the body but surprisingly‚ despite their large number of nutritional advantages‚ they are one of the most under-consumed foods in the average person ’s diet. There is such a wide variety of green vegetable with different textures and tastes that including one or more as part of a balanced diet need no longer be a point of contention. They can easily be incorporated in recipe favorites‚ are inexpensive
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SSM 2013-‐14 3 The Correlation between HER-2 Status and Brain Metastases in Trastuzumab-treated Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Ka-Kiu Claire Fung Literature Review: Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Project Convenor: Dr J A Smith Word Count: 3223 words C a n d i d a t e N u m b e r : 2 0 7 7 Ka-Kiu Claire Fung Abstract It is widely known that patients with HER-2-positive advanced breast cancer are at particularly
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Review Article p53: Structure‚ Function and Therapeutic Applications Ling Bai and Wei-Guo Zhu1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology‚ Peking University Health Science Center‚ Beijing‚ China [L. Bai‚ W.-G. Zhu]; Department of Biotechnology‚ Guilin Medical College‚ Guilin‚ China [L. Bai] Since the p53 tumor suppressor gene has been found to be mutated in more than 50% of human cancers‚ it has attracted the interest of numerous researchers. The capacity of p53 for multiple biological
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Designation: F 2212 – 08e1 Standard Guide for Characterization of Type I Collagen as Starting Material for Surgical Implants and Substrates for Tissue Engineered Medical Products (TEMPs)1 This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2212; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or‚ in the case of revision‚ the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an
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Advanced Drug Formulation Design to Optimize Therapeutic Outcomes DRUGS AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES A Series of Textbooks and Monographs Executive Editor James Swarbrick PharmaceuTech‚ Inc. Pinehurst‚ North Carolina Advisory Board Larry L. Augsburger University of Maryland Baltimore‚ Maryland Harry G. Brittain Center for Pharmaceutical Physics Milford‚ New Jersey Jennifer B. Dressman Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt‚ Germany Anthony J. Hickey University of
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Dustin‚ M. L.‚ and A. S. Shaw. 1999. Costimulation: building an immunological synapse. Science 283:649–650. 7. Finberg‚ R. W.‚ W. White‚ and W. A. Nicholson. 1992. Decay-accelerating factor expression on either effector or target cells inhibits cytotoxicity by human natural killer cells. J. Immunol. 149:2055–2060. 8. Garcia de Vinuesa‚ C.‚ I. C. MacLennan‚ M. Holman‚ and G. G. Klaus. 1999. Anti-CD40 antibody enhances responses to polysaccharide without mimicking T cell help. Eur. J. Immunol. 29:3216–3224
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Melissa Babajko Microbiology 214BA Dr. May June 6‚ 2012 Staphylococcus aureus- Is a facultative anaerobic‚ Gram-positive‚ salt positive‚ cocci shaped bacterium. Staphylococcus aureus is found as normal part of the skin floral in the nasal passages and on the skin. An estimated twenty percent of people naturally have harmless Staphylococcus aureus on their skin and are long-term carries for Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common strand of Staphylococcus in humans to date
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Faculty of Medicine MAHSA UNIVERSITY STUDY GUIDE Block: Genetics‚ Immunology & Molecular Medicine (GIM) Session: 2013/2014 Semester 1 (Year 1) MBBS PROGRAM Block Coordinator: Dr Selvi Palasubramaniam CONTENTS 1. Teaching Staff & Contacts 2 2. Academic calendars MBBS Session 2013 / 2014 3 3
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Genomic-Based High Throughput Screening Identifies Small Molecules That Differentially Inhibit the Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Effects of IFN-α Bo Chen‚1* Qin Zong‚2* Ricardo Cibotti‚1* Chad Morris‚1 Juana Castaneda‚2 Brian Naiman‚1 Derong Liu‚2 Anna Glodek‚2 Gary P Sims‚1 Ronald Herbst‚1 Stephen K Horrigan‚2 Peter A Kiener‚1 Dan Soppet‚2 Anthony J Coyle‚1 and Laurent Audoly1 1 Respiratory‚ Inflammation and Autoimmunity Department‚ MedImmune Inc.‚ Gaithersburg‚ Maryland‚ United States
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