Sweet fruit from a poisonous kiss

Sweet fruit from a poisonous kiss

Editorial Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), once a rapidly fatal disease, has become most curable of all leukemias, thanks to the two Chinese wonder drugs, all-trans retinoid acid and arsenic trioxide (AT). PML-RXARa fusion protein is the hallmark and driving force of APL. In the April 9 issue of the journal, Science, Zhang et al. provided new and convincing evidence on how AT, an ancient poi...

Klebsiella sweet deadly kiss.

Effects of a prepared wax-emulsion on fruit whight loss of sweet lime in storage

Poisonous plants.

South Africa is blessed with one of the richest floras in the world, which--not surprisingly--includes many poisonous plants. Theiler in the founding years believed that plants could be involved in the aetiologies of many of the then unexplained conditions of stock, such as gousiekte and geeldikkop. His subsequent investigations of plant poisonings largely laid the foundation for the future Sec...

Acute kidney injury from different poisonous substances

AIM To report our experience of acute kidney injury (AKI) developed after exposure to poisonous substance. METHODS Retrospective study where data was collected from case records of patients coming to this institute during January 1990 to May 2016. This institution is a tertiary care center for renal care in the metropolitan city of Karachi, Pakistan. History of ingested substance, symptoms on...