Sepsis is a complex condition characterized by the simultaneous activation of inflammation and coagulation in response to microbial insult. These events manifest as systemic inflammatory response syndrome or sepsis symptoms through the r ...
Environmental forensics and chemical finger printing involves identifying the type of contamination, tracing it back to its source, and occasionally fingerprinting to identify a specific source. It is ...
Doctors don't yet use immunotherapy as often as other cancer treatments, such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. But they do use immunotherapy for some types of cancer, and researchers are doing clinical trials to see whether it ...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a widely prevalent (1–3%) chronic systemic disease thought to have an autoimmune component1; both humoral1–4 and cellular5,6 mechanisms have been implicated. Primary osteoarthritis (OA) is considered to be ...
Aimed at comparing the single-stage and two-stage co-digestion of end-of-life dairy products (EoL-DPs) with a mixture of agro-industrial waste(water)s. The two systems were operated in parallel and operational parameters including hydraulic retent ...
Cancer immunotherapy is a therapy used to treat cancer patients that involves or uses components of the immune system. Some cancer immunotherapies consist of antibodies that bind to, and inhibit the function of, proteins e ...
A popular method for expanding human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). While stirring generates adequate fluid motions to lift the cells and facilitates mass transfers (of nutrients, dissolved gases, and metabolic wastes), excessive stirring could i ...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) is a bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) in humans. TB is a disease that primarily affects the lungs, although it can attack other parts of the body. It spreads much like a cold or the flu — t ...
Biological Warfare agents are microorganisms like virus, bacteria, fungi, protozoa or toxins produced by them, that give rise to diseases in man, animals or plants, when deliberately dispersed in an area These agents can cause large-sca ...
Several bacterial, viral agents and toxins can pose public health risk in the event of a bioterrorist or biological warfare attack These agents, if used in any such attacks, can pose a difficult public health challenge and can cause large num ...
The recent bioterrorist attacks using anthrax spores have emphasized the need to detect and decontaminate critical facilities in the shortest possible time. There has been a remarkable progress in the detection, protection and decontamination of b ...
Biological agents have a ubiquitous presence in the environment and are found in many sectors. As they are rarely visible, the risks they pose are not always appreciated, but exposure may lead to incl ...
Biological agents have the ability to adversely affect human health in a variety of ways, ranging from relatively mild allergic reactions to serious medical conditions, including s ...
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown cause, affecting approximately 1.4 million North American people. Due to the similarities between Crohn's disease and Johne’s disease, a chronic enteritis in ruminant ...
A biological agent is a bacterium, virus, protozoan, parasite, or fungus that can be used purposefully as a weapon in bioterrorism or biological warfare. In addition to these living or replicating pathogens, toxins and biotoxins are also included ...
Vaccination is the organization of a vaccine to enable the immune system to create assurance from a disease. Immunizations contain a microorganism or infection in a debilitated, live or killed state, or proteins or poiso ...
A number of theories regarding the aetiology of Crohn's disease have been proposed. Diet, infections, other unidentified environmental factors and immune disregulation, all working under the influence of a genetic predisposition, have been vie ...
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. These are exciting times for cancer immunotherapy. After m ...
The type of cutaneous infection varies mainly according to the patient's immune status, and the disseminated form is mostly found in the context of immunosuppression. We report the case of a 62-year-old male who was under long-term systemic co ...
Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cells called lymphocytes. Symptoms may include fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Often there will be non-painful enlarged ...