Description of macrophage activation is currently contentious and confusing. Like the biblical
Tower of Babel, macrophage activation encompasses a panoply of descriptors used in …

The medicinal plant Madagascar periwinkle, C atharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don, produces
hundreds of biologically active monoterpene‐derived indole alkaloid ( MIA ) metabolites and is …

A review of the medical records of over 14 000 admissions to 28 hospitals in New South
Wales and South Australia revealed that 16.6% of these admissions were associated with an “…

Although they were originally defined as haematopoietic-cell growth factors, colony-stimulating
factors (CSFs) have been shown to have additional functions by acting directly on mature …

Background Rice research has been enabled by access to the high quality reference
genome sequence generated in 2005 by the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (…

Methane is an important greenhouse gas and its atmospheric concentration has almost tripled
since pre-industrial times 1 , 2 . It plays a central role in atmospheric oxidation chemistry …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease and a major cause of
pain and disability in adult individuals. The etiology of OA includes joint injury, obesity, aging, …

Stimulated human monocytes/macrophages are a source of mediators such as tumor necrosis
factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin 1 (IL-1), and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), which can …

In The Institute for Genomic Research Rice Genome Annotation project ( ), we have
continued to update the rice genome sequence with new data and improve the quality of the …

In an effort to evaluate the effect of normal aging on oropharyngeal events of swallowing, 80
normal volunteers, stratified by gender into four age groups, were studied. Liquid and …