Special issue dedication: David Ian Gibson

David T. Gibson: from biodegradation to biocatalysis.

Some bacteria have the remarkable ability to grow on aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, and naphthalene. This is remarkable because the resonance energy of benzanoid rings renders these compounds extraordinarily stable to biodegradation. It turns out bacterial dioxygenases can relieve ring resonance by a unique reaction involving molecular oxygen as a substrate. No person contribut...

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j Abstract After legislative changes in 1978, Italian psychiatry underwent a thorough overhaul, with the gradual closure of all Mental Hospitals. A nation-wide network of Departments of Mental Health now deliver outpatient and inpatient care, but also run semi-residential and residential facilities (the latter with 2.9 beds per 10,000 inhabitants). Hospital care is delivered through small psych...

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It is with great pleasure that I introduce this specia l i s sue of Aging Successfully that focuses on Preventive Gerontology. Aging successfully is dependent on the individual himself or herself. While health professionals can act as a guide through life’s journey, it is only through one’s own efforts that the best outcomes can be assured. This issue provides tools that all of us can use to ag...

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Microbial species participate in the genesis of a substantial number of malignancies worldwide, and conservative estimates indicate that >15% of all cancer cases are attributable to infectious agents. Helicobacter pylori is the most common bacterial infection worldwide, and colonization typically lasts for decades in the absence of targeted antimicrobial therapy. One biological cost to this lon...