Cuban Studies 21

Characterization of the IVS17bTA microsatellite marker and six CTFR gene mutations in 21 Cuban families

Cystic fi brosis is an autosomal recessive disease. Its incidence in Cuba is 1 in 5000 live births. The molecular cause underlying this disease is related to mutations in the regulatory gene encoding the cystic fi brosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR). In this study, the techniques for the study of IVS17bTA microsatellite marker were standardized, and the most frequent mutations in the CFTR gen...

21 Protection Studies by Antioxidants Using Single

Oxidation-reduction reactions, simply referred as “redox” reactions, describe all the chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation state changed. This can either be a simple redox process like the oxidation of carbon (C) to carbon dioxide (CO2) or the reduction of C by hydrogen (H) to yield methane (CH4). However, in biology redox reactions are rather complex and ‘redox biology’ is fu...

Cuban Clave Rhythms

Several geometric, graph theoretical and combinatorial techniques useful for the teaching, analysis, generation and automated recognition of rhythms are proposed and investigated. The techniques are illustrated on the six fundamental 4/4 time clave and bell rhythm timelines most frequently used in African, Brazilian and Cuban music. It was found that Pressing's measure of rhythm complexity agre...

Cuban efforts bolstered

bird flu but were not diagnosed because their symptoms were too mild. The findings suggest some populations have developed natural resistance to the virus. The study of more than 45,000 people in Vietnam, reveals that up to 750 people are likely to have become infected with the strain after handling sick birds. Anna Thorson, who led the study, said the real figure potentially extended into thou...

Affirmative action, Cuban style.