Soviet-British Symposium FIAN·Rutherford 84

Microenvironments in Haemopoietic and Lymphoid Differentiation. Ciba Foundation Symposium 84

One of the central questions in cell biology is what mechanisms govern the proliferation and differentiation of cells. Understanding the factors that control a stem cell's decision to divide and/or differentiate is a formidable task which would have great implications across biology and medicine. In addition to holding the key to the pathogenesis of numerous diseases, comprehending these factor...

Soviet Science

Ten years ago Dr. Belding brought out the first edition of this text and in the present volume follows the original plan of presenting "the protozoan, helminthic, and arthropod parasites of man, and the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the diseases they produce." Although more material has been compressed into each page and thinner paper permits a convenient reduction in its thickness, t...

PTH(1-84)/PTH(7-84): a balance of power.

This review considers many new basic and clinical aspects of parathyroid hormone (PTH). We focus especially on the identification of PTH fragments and how they may relate to renal failure, diagnosis, and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism and renal osteodystrophy. The biosynthesis and metabolism of PTH, measurement of circulating forms of PTH, the effects of PTH on receptor activation a...

Religious Culture: Faith in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

The Iranian Communists and The Soviet Union

Iran's relation with one of the largest countries, that is, Russia (The Soviet Union) has under gone many changes. One of the brilliant examples of the changing policies of Russia towards Iran is, no doubt, the years 1941 to 1953. In this period, most of graceful communist parties' rise and fall is making relations between Iran and Russia. Tudeh party, Ferghe Democrate Azerbaijan and Ferghe Dem...