The acquisitions of mitochondria and plastids were important events in the evolution of the
eukaryotic cell, supplying it with compartmentalized bioenergetic and biosynthetic factories. …

It is estimated conservatively that more than one third of the world’s population has been
infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and that there are 350 million people with chronic …

Johnson1 proposed that obesity, insulin resistance (IR), and laminitis were components of a
clinical syndrome recognized in horses and ponies. The study of EMS is therefore in its …

We have developed a real-time quantitative PCR assay to measure the concentration of
fetal DNA in maternal plasma and serum. Our results show that fetal DNA is present in high …

Purpose Most patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have associated chronic liver
disease, the severity of which is currently assessed by the Child-Pugh (CP) grade. In this …

The syndrome of autoimmune CAH (AI-CAH) has been recognized in white subjects for
more than 30 yr, and the characteristic features have been extensively reviewed (1-6). It is a …

Lithium has been removed electrochemically at 15 μA/cm 2 from LiMn 2 O 4 (spinel) to yield
single phase Li 1−x Mn 2 O 4 for 0 < × ⩽ 0.60. The electrochemical curve suggests that …

We describe the genome sequence of the protist Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually transmitted
human pathogen. Repeats and transposable elements comprise about two-thirds of the …

Using real-time quantitative PCR, cell-free EBV DNA was detectable in the plasma of 96% (55
of 57) of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients (median concentration, 21058 copies/…

Hepatitus B virus (HBV) reactivation is a well‐described complication in cancer patients
who receive cytotoxic chemotherapy and may result in varying degrees of liver damage. As …