Limited blinking could also be involved in watchmakers' glaucoma

Could Candida dubliniensis be involved in lung fungus balls?

We describe a case of cavitary pneumonia due to Candida dubliniensis along with fungemia due to Candida kefyr in a leukemic patient. This is the first case of C. dubliniensis isolated in our laboratory. The identification was performed by phenotypic and molecular methods such as thermotolerance test, carbohydrate fermentation and polymerase chain reaction.

Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young: Could Epilepsy be Involved?

I Disciplina de Neurologia Experimental, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) São Paulo/SP, Brasil. II Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) São Paulo/SP, Brasil. III Departamento de Neurociências e Ciências do Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo Ribeirão Preto/ SP, Brasil. Email: [email protected] Tel: 55 1...

Could stress granules be involved in age-related diseases?

as a safeguard program that limits the proliferative capacity of cells when exposed to endogenous or exogenous stress signals [1, 2]. However, the senescence phenotype is also considered as a sign that the life span of a cell has reached its end. Indeed, in the early 1960s, Hayflick and Moorhead showed that despite the maintenance of optimal culturing conditions for a long period of time, norma...

How the WTO Could Be Improved

AbstractThis paper examines the impasse in the current Doha Development Round negotiations andasks how the rules of the WTO could be changed to facilitate multilateral negotiations andto increase the welfare of the Member countries. It considers possible changes to the methodof negotiation. As examples of rules which are outdated, it considers the rules relating toregional trade agreements and ...

Indications for surgery in severe acute pancreatitis. Could it also be a "manometric" question?