On Hamlet’s Crypt

Bangladeshi community of Tower Hamlets

Objective: To identify barriers to accessing sexual health care among the Bangladeshi community of east London and to develop a model of community participation in service development. Methods: Qualitative study using one to one interviews with sexual health service users plus focus groups in community settings. Results: 58 people participated in the study, 12 in individual interviews and the r...

Studies on Small Intestinal Crypt Epithelium

Small intestinal crypt epithelium obtained from normal fasting humans by peroral biopsy of the mucosa was studied with the electron microscope. Paneth cells were identified at the base of the crypts by their elaborate highly organized endoplasmic reticulum, large secretory granules, and small lysosome-like dense bodies within the cytoplasm. Undifferentiated cells were characterized by smaller c...

Crypt-Opthalmia Case

SnapShot: The Intestinal Crypt

Intestinal organoids provide a convenient and physiologically relevant in vitro model system to study the intestinal epithelium. This 3D, multicellular culture system recapitulates the lumen and crypt-villus structure of the intestine, and incorporates all of the cell types found in the adult intestinal epithelium. Intestinal organoids make it easier than ever to get in vivo insight from in vit...

Club in the Crypt

Youth clubs, like schools, the book says, are open from Monday to Friday, and, like schools, they close in August for holidays, reopening in September. Young people stay at home at weekends, or go away. Fun-seeking. They camp; liven up the West End, Clacton beach, and Margate. If funds are low there is no choice. You stay at home and release your excess boredom and hate on the unsuspecting pass...