Microorganisms and mankind — The ongoing battle

Spam and the Ongoing Battle for Safe Communications

Managing spam is an increasingly critical function for businesses of all sizes. According to the February, 2007, issue of the Communications of the ACM, the overall volume of spam has increased from 10%, in 1998, to 80%, today [1]. The onslaught of spam significantly degrades the reliability of e-mail for business communication. Many web sites provide web-based e-mail forms instead of listing e...

Lipids: a key player in the battle between the host and microorganisms.

Journal of Lipid Research Volume 53, 2012 2487 Products of gram negative bacteria (LPS), gram positive bacteria (lipoteichoic acid), fungi (zymosan), and viruses (RNA) are recognized by toll receptors on macrophages and other cells and thereby induce marked changes in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism ( 1 ). It is now increasingly recognized that lipids and lipoproteins play an important role in...

The History of Mankind

The birth of mankind.

To cite: Smith L. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2014;40:69–70. BACKGROUND For over a century, between 1540 and 1654, one piece of medical literature, The Byrth of Mankynde, was what would now be described as a bestseller and a huge commercial success. This is hardly surprising, as its contents offered information on some of the secrets of the human body that could transform the fortunes of the...

The proper study of mankind.