Although the nature of the infectious agent causing prion diseases is still debated, several of its molecular characteristics have been clarified in remarkable detail. The transmissibility of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to humans dramatically highlights the need for research focused at interference with...
Diseases: Diseases occur when body function is compromised by something apart from injury. The majority of deaths in human populations are caused by diseases. A large number of diseases can be treated effectively. However, there are some diseases that cannot be treated. ...
eliminator- an agent that eliminates something impairer- an agent that impairs; "crops can be great impairers of the soil" infectious agent,infective agent- an agent capable of producing infection lethal agent- an agent capable of causing death ...
Answer to: Distinguish among viruses, viroids, and prions. Give some examples of each type of infectious agent and the diseases they cause. By...
As something of an antithesis to the potent radical scavenging ability of the fullerenes, they are also devastating producers of 1O2. This highly cytotoxic species can be produced by photosensitisers in photodynamic therapy (PDT), a technique used for the treatment of cancers alongside traditional...
If there wasn’t something sinister about MSG, why hide it behind different names on the food labels – calling it monopotassium glutamate, gelatin, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, textured protein, hydrolyzed plant protein, autolyzed plant protein, yeast extract, ...
The biological control agent Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 is capable of protecting Brassica napus (canola) from the necrotrophic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum via direct antagonism. While we have elucidated bacterial genes and gene products responsibl
Karen De La Carriere : “When something goes wrong …either in a high performance vehicle or intense spiritual work ~~ the results can be catastrophic if one does not know how to recover from trouble. Lisa Mcpherson, 3 weeks after L-11 (see the image on the web of her proudly displaying...
. Leishmaniasis is one of the most prominent neglected infectious diseases in the world. It is endemic in 98 countries, and approximately 350 million people are susceptible to this disease [1], with an estimated 12 million infections worldwide [2]. There are several disease-causing fungi ...
Studies done on laboratory animals have proven that dioxin is highly toxic even in minute doses. It is universally known to be a carcinogen (a cancer-causing agent). Short-term exposure to dioxin can cause darkening of the skin, liver problems and a severe acne-like skin disease called chlo...