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Centrosome aberrations and tumor development
(2003-08-15)
in these cancer but most tumors are aneuploid. The in vitro system used was human breast cancer cell lines. In four selected lines, one was diploid-tetraploid (Hs578T), one tetraploid (MCF7) and one aneuploid (MDA-MB-231). Hs578T and MDAMB-231 were p53 mutated. We...
Some determinants of sick leave for respiratory disease : occupation, asthma, obesity, smoking and rehabilitation
(2002-09-20)
to
be an underreported diagnosis, approximately by a factor of three. In the
study of obesity in paper III the prevalence of obesity in asthmatics on
sick leave was 20.7%, compared with 13.7% in the non-specific pain
patients on sick leave and in 6.5% of a random general...
Angiogenesis in obesity and cancer
(2003-05-07)
Angiogenesis is the process of blood vessel growth from pre-existing vasculatures. In the adult, it is involved in certain physiological processes, such as in organ and tissue regeneration, wound healing, and in female ...
K+ channels in the inner ear : electrophysiological and molecular studies
(2005-02-17)
Potassium channels are involved in several fundamental cellular processes. Heavy metals, such as mercury and lead, are widespread toxic pollutants and have been shown to act on various ion channels in the central nervous ...
Characterisation of the interaction between the Hepatitis B virus core antigen and B cells
(2002-05-10)
The Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major cause of severe human liver disease globally. There are around 350 million persistent HBV carriers with a risk of development of liver disease including cirrhosis and hepatocellular ...
A reason to be bitter : cassava classification from the farmers' perspective
(2001-11-16)
Ethnographers report from both South America and Africa that cassava
farmers classify cultivars as belonging to either of two groups, "bitter"
or "sweet", and that farmers prefer to grow "bitter" cultivars as the
staple ...
Endocrine and metabolic aspects of adult Prader Willi syndrome with special emphasis on the effect of growth hormone treatment
(2003-09-05)
significantly lower IGF-I. GH treatment showed beneficial effects on body composition with reduction in body fat and increase in lean body mass following 6 and 12 months of therapy with doses, that normalized total IGF-I levels. The effects were more pronounced...
Local anesthesia for pain relief after surgery
(2001-11-16)
Postoperative pain is a common problem in spite of increased awareness
among patients and healthcare professionals. The prevailing practice is
still to administer opiates, which have a good painrelieving potential
but ...
The human placenta : an angiographic study
(2003-04-25)
separate vessel in 112 placentas (85 %), a fenestration in 6 (5%) and a fusion in 3 (2%). In 10 the anastomosis was absent, in five of these due to a single umbilical artery. The anastomosis was wide in placentas in which the relative area supplied by each...
Studies on human polyomavirus infection in immunosuppressed patients with polyoma related tumors
(2001-09-21)
Polyomaviruses are potentially oncogenic viruses, found in humans, in other mammals and in birds all over the world. The polyomaviruses that have been observed in humans are BK virus (BKV) and JC virus (JCV) as well as the ...