Sleeping with the Enemy— Endogenous Superantigens in Humans

Sleeping with the Enemy

Experts on terrorism tend to claim that Hamas has shown high sophistication in unleashing waves of terrorism and perpetrating attacks against Israeli citizens. Some have been inclined to argue that Hamas is involved in intricate attempts to hinder the peace process, to change the government of Israel, and to act effectively and in calculated dosages to instill panic and cripple morale among Isr...

Endogenous superantigens shape response to exogenous superantigens.

Endogenous superantigen-mediated thymic negative selection resulted in a paucity of mature T cells bearing T-cell receptor (TCR) Vbeta8 in the periphery. Consequently, the magnitude of immune response to exogenous superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B, which activates TCR Vbeta8(+) T cells, was significantly reduced and conferred protection from superantigen-induced mortality.

Benzodiazepines in hepatic encephalopathy: sleeping with the enemy.

Sleeping with the enemy: Clostridium difficile infection in the intensive care unit

Over the last years, there was an increase in the number and severity of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in all medical settings, including the intensive care unit (ICU). The current prevalence of CDI among ICU patients is estimated at 0.4-4% and has severe impact on morbidity and mortality. An estimated 10-20% of patients are colonized with C. difficile without showing signs of infectio...

Sleeping with the Enemy: Inter-firm Product Combinations in the Pharmaceutical Indsutry

There is a substantial literature in economics that focuses on explaining the reasons for intra-firm product combinations, such as bundling. Little is known, however, about the implications of inter-firm product combinations that are frequent in pharmaceutical markets. We propose and estimate a model to study the pricing strategies and the welfare effects of this practice. We find that firms in...