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Chironian Fall/Winter 2009, New York Medical College

The Chironian

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Nor'easter News Volume 3 Issue 1, Nor'easter News Staff

Nor'easter News

The fourteenth issue of the University of New England's student-run newspaper, Nor'easter News.

Maternally Derived Antibodies In Avian Eggs And Offspring: Ecology, Life History, And Development, Brianne Ashley Addison

Dissertations

Mothers can alter offspring phenotypes through a variety of indirect effects, including the deposition of nutrients, hormones, and defense proteins in to the egg. Defense proteins, and antibodies in particular, may be tremendously important for neonatal defense against pathogens and the direction of resources into growth rather than immune responsiveness. Moreover, maternally derived immunoglobulins have been proposed to have an imprinting effect on the development of humoral immunity. In my dissertation, I explored a variety of ecological, life history, and developmental factors that could contribute to the evolution of yolk antibody allocation in a variety of avian species. In the …

Research News: 2009, No. 2, University Of Mississippi. School Of Pharmacy

Research News: Grants and Publications (2000-2014)

Grants, publications, technology transfer, special announcements

Allelic Distribution Of Human Leukocyte Antigen In Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Baghdad City, Falah Salim Manhal

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Host genetic factors such as human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and non-HLA genes that are associated with the susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) will serve as genetic markers to predispose or predetermine the development of the disease. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to analyze the association between particular HLA-typing class I and the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in Baghdad city. PATIENTS & METHODS: Blood samples were collected from one hundred patients; 50 samples from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis referred to the Chest and Respiratory Diseases Institute in Baghdad city and 50 samples from apparently healthy individuals. All samples …

Evaluation And Comparison Of Immunchromatography And Immunofluorescent Techniques In Diagnosis And Epidemiological Studies In Iraqi Kala-Azar., Mohammed F. Al-Timmimi, Sami Y. Guirges, Abdul Rahman A. Al-Tae

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Infantile kala-azar is an endemic protozoal disease prevalent among children in Iraq. A rapid diagnostic laboratory tests are required for immediate treatment. OBJECTIVE: A prospective study was conducted in two pediatric hospitals in Baghdad during the period from Oct. 2005 to Sept. 2006 to evaluate the efficiency of immunochromatography strip test (IC) with rK39 antigen compared to indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) to investigate its use for epidemiological studies in Iraqi kala-azar. PATIENTSAND METHODS: The study included 54 proved cases for Leishmania donovani (L.D.) bodies in bone marrow, 108 clinically diagnosed cases, …

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, September 25, 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

September

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The Hilltop 9-25-2009, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

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Inflammasome-Dependent Caspase-1 Activation In Cervical Epithelial Cells Stimulates Growth Of The Intracellular Pathogen Chlamydia Trachomatis, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Evonne Koo, Georg Hacker, David M. Ojcius

All Dugoni School of Dentistry Faculty Articles

Inflammasomes have been extensively characterized in monocytes and macrophages, but not in epithelial cells, which are the preferred host cells for many pathogens. Here we show that cervical epithelial cells express a functional inflammasome. Infection of the cells by Chlamydia trachomatis leads to activation of caspase-1, through a process requiring the NOD-like receptor family member NLRP3 and the inflammasome adaptor protein ASC. Secretion of newly synthesized virulence proteins from the chlamydial vacuole through a type III secretion apparatus results in efflux of K+ through glibenclamide-sensitive K+ channels, which in turn stimulates production of reactive oxygen species. Elevated levels of reactive …

Washington University Record, September 24, 2009

Washington University Record

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Prospectus, September 23, 2009, Sean Hermann, Chuck Shepherd, Chrissie Mckenney, Sean Whitsitt, Joel Reuter, Alishia Reynolds, Shagun Pradhan, Patrick Wood, Isaac Mitchell

Prospectus 2009

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Rotunda - Vol 88, No 4 - Sept 23, 2009, Longwood University

Rotunda

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The Colby Echo (2009-09-23), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Innate And Adaptive Immunity In Murine Neonates Infected With The Intestinal Pathogen Yersinia Enterocolitica, Andrea Echeverry

Open Access Dissertations

Neonates are generally thought to be more likely to suffer from gastrointestinal disease, owing in part to diminished immune cell function. To gain insight into the development of mucosal immune responses during early life, we developed a model of orogastric infection with the Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica using murine neonates. Remarkably, neonatal mice of either the BALB/c or C57BL/6 mouse strains showed markedly enhanced survival after infection compared to adult mice. Both innate and adaptive immune components appear to contribute to this phenomenon. First, the increased resistance of neonates coincided with containment of the bacteria in the intestinal tissue with …

Strengthening Security And Oversight At Biological Research Laboratories, Michael Greenberger

Congressional Testimony

With the advent of the Anthrax attacks in the fall of 2001, this Nation has been confronted with a serious policy conundrum. On the one hand, we have strengthened programs that encourage the use of our best scientific resources to develop countermeasures to the weaponization of highly dangerous biopathogens. On the other hand, research on those countermeasures requires the use of the very biopathogens we seek to defeat. There have been many mishaps in the handling of those pathogens, which raises the frightening prospect that the research may be as (or more) dangerous than the potential bioterrorist acts themselves. Indeed, …

Bjc Today

BJC Today

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Long-Term Immunity To Lethal Acute Or Chronic Type Ii Toxoplasma Gondii Infection Is Effectively Induced In Genetically Susceptible C57bl/6 Mice By Immunization With An Attenuated Type I Vaccine Strain, Jason P. Gigley, Barbara A. Fox, David J. Bzik

Dartmouth Scholarship

C57BL/6 (B6) mice are genetically highly susceptible to chronic type II Toxoplasma gondii infections that invariably cause lethal toxoplasmic encephalitis. We examined the ability of an attenuated type I vaccine strain to elicit long-term immunity to lethal acute or chronic type II infections in susceptible B6 mice. Mice immunized with the type I cps1-1 vaccine strain were not susceptible to a lethal (100-cyst) challenge with the type II strain ME49. Immunized mice challenged with 10 ME49 cysts exhibited significant reductions in brain cyst and parasite burdens compared to naive mice, regardless of the route of challenge infection. Remarkably, cps1-1 strain-immunized …

Factors Surrounding And Strategies To Reduce Recapping Used Needles By Nurses At A Venezuelan Public Hospital, Luis J. Galindez Araujo

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Nurses as health care workers are at risk of biological agents such as bacteria, viruses and others. At health care settings exposure to bloodborne pathogens can cause infections through needlestick injuries. The objectives of this research were to determine factors surrounding recapping needles in hospital nurses and to implement an educational strategy to reduce the recapping practices.

It was a descriptive and exploratory approach where the PRECEDE component of the PRECEDE/PROCEDE Model was used as the framework to systematize and analyze the information obtained from the focus group sessions.

A total of 120 nurses participated from four different departments. The …

09/17/2009 - International Eiu Alumni To Be Recognized As Global Ambassadors, University Marketing And Communications

2009

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Washington University Record, September 17, 2009

Washington University Record

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Compositions Comprising Human Immunodeficiency Virus Tat Adsorbed To The Surface Of Anionic Nanoparticles, Russell J. Mumper, Jerold Woodward, Zhengrong Cui, Avindra Nath

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

Non-denatured, recombinant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Tat that is free of bacterial RNA and endotoxin is employed in an anti-HIV vaccine. A process of producing the recombinant Tat protein includes steps for removing bacterial RNA from the recombinant Tat and for removing endotoxin from the recombinant Tat protein. A Tat-adsorbed nanoparticle formulation and method of making the same. A method of vaccinating against and/or treating HIV infection comprises administering to a subject in need of such vaccination or treatment an immune-response inducing effective amount of the recombinant Tat protein.

The Utah Statesman, September 14, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2009-09-11, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

This edition of the College of Wooster's student run newspaper was published on September 11 of 2009, and it is eight pages long. Geology Professor Greg Wiles has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his climate change research at Glacier Bay National Park. While the college is searching for a new provost, Shila Garg is filling in as interim provost. Author Tracy Kidder visited campus this past week. Currently, Mom's Truckstop is not providing free water to students. Kacy Ann Cordiel writes about the Sexuality Support Network which is a student run group on campus. The …

Washington University Record, September 10, 2009

Washington University Record

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Prospectus, September 9, 2009, Cassandra Cunningham, Merry Thomas, Chuck Shepherd, Chrissie Mckenney, Alishia Reynolds, Sean Whitsitt, Aaron Geiger, Pat Bright

Prospectus 2009

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Bjc Today

BJC Today

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September 8, 2009

The Gavel Gazette

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The Bg News September 8, 2009, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 8, 2009. Volume 100-Issue 12.

Ada News - 09/07/2009, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

September 7, 2009 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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