Recent Meetings—Nebraska Section

Special Section: Recent Advances in Silkworm Biology

The silkworm, Bombyx mori is infected by a number of viruses: Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus (BmNPV), cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (CPV), infectious flacherie virus (IFV) and densonucleosis virus (DNV). Except DNV, resistance of silkworms to the virus is controlled by polygenes. Serologically, two DNV types, DNV-1 and DNV-2 are identified. The non-susceptibility to DNV types is confer...

Special Section: Recent Advances in Silkworm Biology

The biology and genetics of silkworm, Bombyx mori, is the most advanced of any lepidopteran species. Its rich repertoire of genetic resources and potential applications in sericulture and as a model for other Lepidoptera led to the initiation of genomics research. During the past decade much effort has been made in the areas of marker development, and molecular maps have been constructed in sta...

Special Section: Recent Trends in Diabetes Research

Special Section: Recent Advances in Silkworm Biology

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrosis virus (BmNPV), a natural pathogen of great economic significance in sericulture, has been exploited to generate recombinant baculoviruses harbouring genes of choice and achieve high level expression of cloned foreign genes. The BmNPV-based expression system offers the advantage of using the larval host rather than the insectderived cell lines for economic large-sc...

Recent developments in anaesthesia foR caesaRean section

United Kingdom practice Over the last ten years the rising caesarean section rate in the developed world has stimulated discussion of best anaesthetic and obstetric practice. Much of the impetus for improving obstetric care in the UK has been driven by the findings of the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH),1 formerly the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Death (CEMD)....