BACKGROUND Undergoing genetic testing for BRCA1/2 mutations may be accompanied by elevated worry and distress, but the potential for the experience to catalyze positive psychological and life changes has not been studied. PURPOSE This study was designed to examine the relationship between mutation carrier status, personal cancer history, and the potential positive impact of genetic testing (i...

The traditional definition of climacteric and non-climacteric fruits has been put into question. A significant example of this paradox is the climacteric fig fruit. Surprisingly, ripening-related ethylene production increases following pre- or postharvest 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) application in an unexpected auto-inhibitory manner. In this study, ethylene production and the expression of po...

Spurious pregnancy (false pregnancy or pseudocyesis) constitutes a subject of considerable practical importance not only for the general practitioner and obstetrician but also for the psychiatrist, as it presents one of the most impressive examples of the influence of emotional mechanisms on physical processes. The occurrence of this condition in humans and animals has attracted attention throu...

Fracture prevention is one of the public health priorities worldwide. Estrogen deficiency is the major factor in the pathogenesis of postmenopausal osteoporosis, the most common metabolic bone disease. Different effective treatments for osteoporosis are available. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) at different doses rapidly normalizes turnover, preserves bone mineral density (BMD) at all skelet...

Leaf segments of tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) of a normal strain and of two nonripening mutants rin and nor were aged in darkness. Respiration in leaf segments of all strains followed a climacteric-like pattern which was accompanied by a similar pattern of ethylene production. l-Methionine-U-(14)C vacuum-infiltrated into leaf segments at the beginning of the climacteric-like ri...

Fruit ripening and abscission are associated with an ethylene burst in several melon (Cucumis melo) genotypes. In cantaloupe as in other climacteric fruit, exogenous ethylene can prematurely induce abscission, ethylene production, and ripening. Melon genotypes without fruit abscission or without ethylene burst also exist and are, therefore, non-climacteric. In the nonabscising melon fruit PI 16...

In non-climacteric fruits, the respiratory increase is absent and no phytohormone is appearing to be critical for their ripening process. They must remain on the parent plant to enable full ripening and be picked at or near the fully ripe stage to obtain the best eating quality. However, huge losses often occur for their quick post-harvest senescence. To understanding the complex mechanism of n...

Objective: Objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of PACR on sexual function and climacteric symptoms in peri-menopausal women. In addition, data of clinical chemistry and antioxidative capacity were collected. Study design: In the double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 80 peri-menopausal women were supplemented with 4 tablets Lady Prelox® (PACR: Pine Bark Extract, L-Arginine, L-Cit...

MADS-box genes have been reported to play a major role in the molecular circuit of developmental regulation. Especially, SEPALLATA (SEP) group genes play a central role in the developmental regulation of ripening in both climacteric and non-climacteric fruits. However, the mechanisms underlying the regulation of SEP genes to non-climacteric fruits ripening are still unclear. Here a SEP gene of ...