RNA INTERFERENCE AS ANTIVIRAL THERAPY: DREAM OR REALITY?

Intelligent Membranes: Dream or Reality?

Intelligent materials are claimed to overcome current drawbacks associated with the attainment of high standards of life, health, security and defense. Membrane-based sensors represent a category of smart systems capable of providing a large number of benefits to different markets of textiles, biomedicine, environment, chemistry, agriculture, architecture, transport and energy. Intelligent memb...

Consensus Guidelines: Reality or Dream?

Aim of Study: Assess quality of diabetes care defined by consensus guidelines of ISPAD in our area; develop appropriate strategies to improve care. Design: Retrospective chart review of all individuals with IDDM diagnosis before spring 1997 followed regularly by us (either outpatient clinic or office). Method: Comparison of number of patients having had: (1) eye exam by ophthalmologist; (2) det...

Vascular organogenesis: dream or reality?

Successful pregnancy after breast cancer therapy: dream or reality?

BACKGROUND Nowadays, more breast cancer patients want to have children after the diagnosis of cancer. The purpose of this study is to review the possibility and risks of giving birth among women with breast cancer previously treated by chemotherapy. CASE PRESENTATION Two young women aged 28 and 34 respectively, were treated in our clinic for breast cancer, the first (negative hormonal recepto...

RNA interference: a promising approach to antiviral therapy?

RNA interference (RNAi) has developed into a powerful tool for probing gene function. Recently, several reports have demonstrated the use of RNAi for attenuation of viral infection and replication in cultured cells. Furthermore, RNAi has been shown to suppress gene expression in adult animals. Although these results suggest that RNAi might become a novel therapeutic approach, significant hurdle...