Fact Fest

Telomere Replication: An Est Fest

The search for subunits of the telomerase enzyme has uncovered orthologs of the budding years Est1 protein in several species, including humans. Thus, positive regulation of telomerase by Est1 appears to be a widely utilized mechanism for maintaining telomere length homeostasis.

Convex and Combinatorial Geometry Fest

Karoly Bezdek and Egon Schulte are two geometers who have made important and numerous contributions to Discrete Geometry. Both have trained many young mathematicians and have actively encouraged the development of the area by professors of various countries. Karoly Bezdek studied the illumination problem among many other problems about packing and covering of convex bodies. More recently he has...

The Three-Tier Architecture Pattern Language Design Fest

Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin B12 — Health Professional Fact Sheet

Malouf R, Areosa Sastre A. Vitamin B12 for cognition. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;(3):CD004326. [PubMed abstract] 79. Malouf R, Grimley Evans J. Folic acid with or without vitamin B12 for the prevention and treatment of health elderly and demented people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Oct 8;(4):CD004514. [PubMed abstract] 80. Lukaski HC. Vitamin and mineral status: effects on physical pe...

Newborn Screening Fact Sheets

These newborn screening fact sheets were developed by the Committee on Genetics of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) with considerable assistance and consultation from many individuals. It is hoped that the information contained in these fact sheets will assist the pediatrician in understanding the individual tests, their characteristics, and their strengths and weaknesses. Newborn scree...