Varicella is a common viral infection that occasionally results in scar. Despite a number of measurements taken to combat this infection, they have all been either impractical or limited.The current study presents a 28-year-old woman diagnosed with varicella 10 years ago which caused her to have several depressed skin scars over the face. She was subjected to sequential treatment of punch eleva...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an incurable neuromuscular degenerative disease, caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene. Mdx mice recapitulate DMD features. Here we show that injection of wild-type (WT) embryonic stem cells (ESCs) into mdx blastocysts produces mice with improved pathology and function. A small fraction of WT ESCs incorporates into the mdx mouse nonuniformly to upregul...

Emulsions of fat suitable for intravenous ad ministration have been used in this laboratory as @ source of calories, as an aid in the study of lipid metabolism, and as a vehicle for fat-soluble ma tenials. The latter use has been of value in studies with rats on the effects of the intravenous injection Cof carcinogenic hydrocarbons. Several investiga tions have been reported in which emulsions ...

1. The voluntary ethanol consumption, ethanol elimination rate and blood acetaldehyde level after intraperiotoneal injection of ethanol were studied in rats receiving diets with highly imbalanced proportions of dietary protein, carbohydrate and fat. 2. The rats, which received the low-protein diet containing 0.05 of the total energy as protein, 0.80 as carbohydrate and o.15 as fat, drank only a...

Little is known about the impact of circulating lipids on brain processes. Building on evidence that chronic fat consumption stimulates hypothalamic peptides in close association with elevated triglycerides (TG), this study examined whether an acute rise in TG levels induced by fat emulsion can affect these hypothalamic systems. In normal weight rats, ip injection of Intralipid (20%, 5 ml) duri...

INTRODUCTION: Deoxycholic acid currently approved only for minimally invasive treatment of submental fat. The effects of deoxycholic acid on fat need not be limited to submental fat and represents an opportunity to treat undesired fat in many other body parts.1 Injection lipolysis has the potential risks of skin loss/necrosis, hyperpigmentation, neovascular response, and contour irregularities....

Administration of the fructose analog 2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol (2,5-AM) stimulates eating in rats fed a low-fat diet but not in those fed a high-fat diet that enhances fatty acid oxidation. The eating response to 2,5-AM treatment is apparently triggered by a decrease in liver ATP content. To assess whether feeding a high-fat diet prevents the eating response to 2,5-AM by attenuating the decrease ...

A patient with marked exophthalmos secondary to thyroid eye disease presented for tarsorrhaphy and removal of orbital fat. A single superolateral peribulbar injection was performed. After injection of 3.5 ml of local anaesthetic solution, the globe suddenly dislocated anteriorly. This complication has not been described previously. In patients with exophthalmos, general anaesthesia should be co...

1. Kythera Biopharmaceuticals I. Dermatologic and ophthalmic drugs advisory committee briefing document: ATX-101 (deoxycholic acid) injection. https:// www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/DermatologicandOphthalmicDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM436604.pdf. Accessed February 26, 2017. 2. Dayan SH, Humphrey S, Jones DH, et al. Overview of ATX-101 (Deoxycholic Acid ...

Gluteal augmentation with autologous fat is becoming a standard ancillary procedure for sculpting the buttock area. The high rate of resorption due to aggressive harvesting techniques or inadequate injection procedures often leads to repeated treatments. Currently, several techniques for storing fat by controlled freezing and thawing procedures can guarantee a high rate of cell viability, simil...