A modern general theory of sex determination and sexual differentiation identifies the factors that cause sexual bias in gene networks, leading to sex differences in physiology and disease. The primary sex-biasing factors are those encoded on the sex chr
A tool to assess nutritional status in older persons was really needed. It took 5 years to design the MNA® (Mini Nutrition Assessment) tool, complete
Unfortunately, this protein mixture does not accurately reflects the GBM microenvironment and the variability among batches can give rise to divergent results [58]. Transwell assays are the most used to study the effects of therapeutic treatments. For example, it has been used to demonstrate that ...
In the case of PiS mutation, the misfolded protein is degraded before being secreted and does not reach the bloodstream. Therefore, both PiZ and PiS precipitate a decrease in AAT concentration in the pulmonary tissue. As a result, the lungs are left unprotected from neutrophil elastase, creating...