Plants have evolved a series of inducible or constitutive defense mechanisms in response to herbivore attack. Constitutive plant defenses are morphological and biochemical traits the plants themselves, regardless presence herbivores. We bred an alfalfa variety (Caoyuan No.4) with high thrips resistance, but underlying Caoyuan No.4 resistance not well understood. To explore No.4, associated were...

Until recently, the potential relevance of genetic, biochemical and lifestyle factors to coronary heart disease have been studied in relative isolation from one another. Although this approach has yielded some major insights, it has resulted in a fragmented and incomplete understanding of the relative importance and interplay of nature and nurture in the development of coronary risk. New opport...

conclusions rectifying the life style is one of the most effective factors on the individuals’ health. an important part in the life style of individuals which is related to fasting is sleeping. early rising, in other words, the optimum time for sleeping is an aspect of fasting and it can be concluded that fasting is meaningful with early rising. sleeping well and having enough time to sleep fo...

Efforts have been made to engineer knee meniscus tissue for injury repair, yet most attempts have been unsuccessful. Creating a cell source that resembles the complex, heterogeneous phenotype of the meniscus cell remains difficult. Stem cell differentiation has been investigated, mainly using bone marrow mesenchymal cells and biochemical means for differentiation, resulting in no solution. Mech...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the preoperative parameters to predict a positive surgical margin (SM) at radical prostatectomy for patients with prostate cancer. In addition, the prognostic factors for biochemical recurrence were determined in patients with positive SMs. METHODS We retrospectively analysed 238 patients with prostate cancer who underwent retropubic radical prostatectomy and bilateral ...

OBJECTIVE Assess the results of salvage conformal radiotherapy in patients with biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy and identify prognostic factors for biochemical recurrence and toxicity of the treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS From June 1998 to November 2001, 35 patients were submitted to conformal radiotherapy for PSA > or = 0.2 ng/mL in progression after radical prostatectomy a...