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We investigated the in vitro effect of the essential oil of Croton nepetifolius Baill., Euphorbiaceae (EOCN), on spontaneous or induced contractions of circular and longitudinal muscles from the ovine cervix during the luteal phase of the estrous cycle. The relaxant effect of EOCN was expressed as a percentage of the contraction recorded before the addition of the oil and calculated relative to...

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690 We enjoyed reading Andrea Rinaldi’s article, ‘Adopting an orphan’ (EMBO Rep 6: 507–510), on regulations that aim to stimulate the research and development of medicines for rare diseases. We would like to congratulate the author on the quality of the article in general and on highlighting this important health problem. However, Rinaldi stated that Emerging Biopharmaceutical Enterprises (EBE)...

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Journal of Insect Science: Vol. 8 | Article 8

The parasitic wasp, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), introduces an entomopoxvirus (DlEPV) into its Caribbean fruit fly host, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae), during oviposition. DlEPV has a 250–300 kb unipartite dsDNA genome, that replicates in the cytoplasm of the host's hemocytes, and inhibits the host’s encapsulation response. The putative p...

Cancer Immunity 2:8 (2002) - ARTICLE

DNA vaccination against tissue-restricted antigens is a strategy for cancer therapy. Immune tolerance and ignorance of self antigens has been a hurdle for this approach. We have shown that immunization with xenogeneic DNA orthologues elicits tumor immunity. One model that we have developed entails immunization of mice against tyrosinase-related protein-2 (Tyrp2) using cDNA encoding homologous h...