Radical remedies

Natural remedies.

-5-Phenoxysulphonyl-l-methyl-4-nitroimidazole (NSC 38087) can act as a sensitizer of hypoxic mammalian cells to radiation in vitro. The degree of sensitization achieved is greater than would be predicted from the drug's electron affinity. Cytotoxicity studies have shown that 5pM NSC 38087 can reduce the surviving fraction of log-phase V79 cells in air at 37°C to 10-2 after 2 h exposure. This to...

Control Variate Remedies

Other than common random numbers, control varlates is the most promising variance reduction technique in terms of its potential for widespread use: Control variates is applicable in single or multiple response simulation, it does not require altering the simulation run in any way, and any stochastic simulation contains potential control variates. A rich theory of control variates has been devel...

Rough Notes on Remedies

Natural ulcer remedies?

Ulcers can really eat at you. They typically occur in the lining of the top of the small intestine, the duodenum (duodenal ulcers), or the stomach (peptic ulcers). Common culprits of stomach ulcers include the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria and prolonged use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen. To learn more about ulcers, ch...

Notes on Some Remedies

investigate its toxicity to the rat. They noted that animals dying after sulphaguanidine showed goitres which on microscopical section were found to be due to hyperplasia and were practically free from colloid. The same effect was produced more or less by other sulpha drugs such as sulphadiazine and sulphapyridine, and Richter and Clisby (1942) showed that other sulphur compounds, notably thiou...