Chapter 1 1.1 Background The HIV and AIDS pandemic remains one the most serious development crises in the world (WHO‚ 2006). Women and children bear a disproportionate share of the burden‚ and in many settings continue to experience high rates of new HIV infections and of HIV-related illness and death. In 2005 alone‚ an estimated 540 000 children were newly infected with HIV‚ with about 90% of these infections occurring in sub-Saharan Africa (UNAIDS‚ 2006) .UNAIDS estimates that approximately
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Biotechnology Advances 27 (2009) 474–488 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Biotechnology Advances j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / b i o t e c h a d v Research review paper Transgenic plants for enhanced biodegradation and phytoremediation of organic xenobiotics P.C. Abhilash‚ Sarah Jamil‚ Nandita Singh ⁎ Eco-Auditing Group‚ National Botanical Research Institute‚ Council of Scientific & Industrial Research‚ Rana Pratap Marg‚ Lucknow
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Final Program and Abstracts 6th ASM Conference on Biofilms September 29 – October 4‚ 2012 Miami‚ Florida © 2012‚ American Society for Microbiology 1752 N Street‚ N.W. Washington‚ DC 20036-2904 Phone: 202-737-3600 World Wide Web: www.asm.org All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 978-1-55581-876-0 Table of Contents ASM Conferences Information....................................... 2 Conference Organization........................................
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RESEARCH AT BITS 2009 Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031 January 2010 Appendix ‗L‘: Ref. BG Agenda Item No.63.11 Appendix ‗E‘: Ref. GB Agenda Item No. 49.07 RESEARCH AT BITS 2009 Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031 January 2010 PREFACE Research is an integral and important part of any higher education system. BITS‚ Pilani actively promotes research among its staff and students. In addition to basic research
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Christian Schindler lnga Strehlow Departments of Microbiology and Medicine College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University New York‚ NY 10032 Cytokines and STAT Signaling 1. Introduction First discovered as the major signal transducer in interferon-mediated gene activation‚ STATs (signal transducers and activators of transcription) are now known to play a significant role in signal transduction for most cytokines. STATs represent a family of conserved proteins‚ seven of which have
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Gene Therapy for Renal Diseases and Transplantation Contributions to Nephrology Vol. 159 Series Editor Claudio Ronco Vicenza Gene Therapy for Renal Diseases and Transplantation Volume Editors Ariela Benigni Bergamo Giuseppe Remuzzi Bergamo 15 figures‚ 4 in color‚ and 6 tables‚ 2008 Basel · Freiburg · Paris · London · New York · Bangalore · Bangkok · Shanghai · Singapore · Tokyo · Sydney Contributions to Nephrology (Founded 1975 by Geoffrey M. Berlyne) Ariela Benigni
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Biological Nanostructures and Applications of Nanostructures in Biology Electrical‚ Mechanical‚ and Optical Properties BIOELECTRIC ENGINEERING Series Editor: Bin He University of Minnesota Minneapolis‚ Minnesota MODELING AND IMAGING OF BIOELECTRICAL ACTIVITY Principles and Applications Edited by Bin He BIOLOGICAL NANOSTRUCTURES AND APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES IN BIOLOGY Electrical‚ Mechanical‚ and Optical Properties Edited by Michael A. Stroscio and Mitra Dutta NEURAL ENGINEERING Edited
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third third edition edition Health Psychology: A Textbook third edition Praise for the previous edition: "The volume of work undertaken by Ogden for the first edition of her textbook was impressive‚ and the second edition is even better...As a text aimed at undergraduate psychology students‚ it is hard to fault." Times Higher Education Supplement (The Textbook Guide) Health Psychology: A Textbook has made a major contribution to the teaching and study of this rapidly expanding
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RABIES Abstract: Each year‚ approximately 55‚000 individuals worldwide die from an infection due to the rabies virus. Rabies is a life-threatening disease caused by an RNA virus that is usually transmitted to humans through bites from rabid animals. More recently‚ reports of transmission by means of organ transplantation have been reported. Since human rabies is nearly 100% fatal if prophylactic measures are not followed‚ an increased awareness of who should receive prophylaxis and
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