Correction: That gut feeling

A gut feeling about plasmablasts.

6 conserved aspartate residues (designated " D " in amino acid notation) in the molecule (see figure) are permissive to change, but the other 2 (D109 and D156) are critical for function with resulting marked impairment or total loss of function when mutated. Why aspartate? This amino acid is more highly conserved than others because of several attributes that include a short side chain, a high ...

A gut feeling about arthritis

The gut microbiota of patients recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis is enriched in microbes belonging to the Prevotella genus.

That sinking feeling.

Y ou are doing a breast reduction. You have chosen a vertical flap and inverted T incision. You like the vertical reduction and medial pedicle because there is a shorter incision , but you think there will be too much skin excess, so it will be better to excise it now. For some reason, every time you do the inferior pedicle the base of the pedicle becomes thin and narrow. This worries you. You ...

That sinking feeling.

Buffered aspirin: what is your gut feeling?

Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid, ASA) is one of the oldest and most commonly used drugs in the world. In the 5th century BC, Hippocrates already prescribed leaves and bark of the willow tree, consisting of ASA precursor salicin, to patients with high fever and extreme pains. Nowadays, chronic lowdose ASA is widely prescribed as a platelet aggregation inhibitor in patients at risk for myocardial i...