background: about 90% of the world�s contraceptive users are women. this gender-based usage has occurred due to the emphasis of family planning programs and contraception research. condom, vasectomy and withdrawal are the only male contraception devices available with less assurance for men. for new male contraceptive to have an impact, they must be acceptable to both men and women, as well as ...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to compare estimation of radiation absorbed doses to patients following bone scans with technetium-99m-labeled methylene diphosphonate (mdp) with the estimates given in mirdose software. methods: in this study, each patient was injected 25 mci of 99m tc-mdp. whole-body images from thirty patients were acquired by gamma camera at 10, 60, 90, 180 minute...

GRP78, a multifunctional protein with potent cytoprotective properties, is an emerging therapeutic target to combat cancer development, progression and drug resistance. The biological consequences of prolonged reduction in expression of this essential chaperone which so far has been studied primarily in young mice, was investigated in older mice, as older individuals are likely to be important ...

In everyday life, people are exposed to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs) with multiple frequencies. To evaluate the possible adverse effects of multifrequency RF EMFs, we performed an experiment in which pregnant rats and their delivered offspring were simultaneously exposed to eight different communication signal EMFs (two of 800 MHz band, two of 2 GHz band, one of 2.4 GHz ban...

Groups of 21 male and 21 female mice were given diets containing 20%, 10%, 1% or 0% (control) perlite for 28 weeks. Appearance, behavior, mortality, and food consumption of mice of treated groups were not affected during the experimental period. Males of the 20% and 10% groups did experience slightly reduced growth rate. No significant drug-related changes were found in urinalysis, hematology, ...

Three purified molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) with sedimentation coefficients of 18 S, 14 S, and 11 S were studied by analytical ultracentrifugation and electron microscopy. The three species have molecular weights of (1.1 +/- 0.1) x 10(6), (7.5 +/- 1.5) x 10(5), and (3.35 +/- 0.25) x 10(5), respectively. Electron micrographs reveal that the 18S and 14S forms are asymmetri...

Estrus is induced in female gray short-tailed opossums (Monodelphis domestica) by exposure to male chemical signals (pheromones). Isolated females remain anestrous, but direct exposure to a male or his scent-marked cage induces estrus within 4-6 days. The objective of this study was to investigate the importance of the vomeronasal organ in detection of and response to estrus-inducing pheromones...

HE importance of better understanding the possible cumulative genetic effects of irradiation exposure over many generations has been pointed out repeatedly (UNITED NATIONS 1958,1962; SCOTT and EVANS 1959; MCGREGOR and NEWCOMBE 1962; NEWCOMBE and MCGREGOR 1965). In 1957 a program was initiated to investigate some of the possible nonspecific effects of X irradiation of male mouse progenitors on c...

Morphological changes in the sexual organs of the pulmonates were observed throughout a year and correlated with reproductive-cycle periods. Reproductive-organ weights of the snail Megalobulimus abbreviatus were recorded seasonally and gonad sections were analyzed morphologically. The weights were used to obtain the organosomatic index. Mean oocytic diameter and oocytic maturation index were ba...