The practice of transplanting organs from executed prisoners in China appears to be widespread. We vigorously condemn this practice and, effective immediately, will not consider manuscripts on human organ transplantation for publication unless appropriate non-coerced consent of the donor is provided and substantiated.

Introduction HIV research greatly benefits from the use of immunodeficient mouse systems that are susceptible to HIV target cells. Usually, immunodeficient mice are transplanted with primary human cells to develop a “human” immune system. Following engraftment, the animals are subsequently infected with HIV. Here, we applied a different approach and personalized mice by directly transplanting c...

We report the reconstruction of two cases of floating thumb by transplanting the distal two-thirds of the fourth metatarsal. Opponensplasty was performed after six months and resulted in satisfactory morphological and functional results. The metatarsal defect was filled by a full-thickness iliac bone graft including the apophysis. This prevented shortening of the fourth toe and formed a new met...

Sorghum seedling transplanting is an essential agricultural activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, conventional manual of sorghum a time-consuming, labour-intensive, costly with low rate, uneven plant distribution, and degree accuracy. In order to realize rapid precise seedlings transplanting, duckbill-type mechanism has been designed. This five-bar linkage consisting two crankshafts, connect...

BACKGROUND As in most industrialized countries, living kidney donation has increased considerably in the UK and now amounts to 38% of the total UK kidney transplant activity. Living kidney donation guidelines have been formulated by the relevant national societies. We were interested to study whether or not renal units across the UK adhere to those guidelines and to delineate areas of inconsist...

Women are involved in planting, transplanting, weeding, harvesting and processing activities in paddy cultivation system. These operations are most drudgeries activities performed by them. During these operations the women face many physical and physiological problems. Keeping this in view the physical strain with respect to working heart rate (WHR), Oxygen consumption rate (OCR), Energy expend...

We report here the first successful use of embryonic nuclear transfer to create viable adult Drosophila melanogaster clones. Given the generation time, cost effectiveness, and relative ease of embryonic nuclear transplant in Drosophila, this method can provide an opportunity to further study the constraints on development imposed by transplanting determined or differentiated nuclei.

This paper describes unsuccessful attempts to induce a nocturnally-periodic infection with simian Loa in a human volunteer (the author of this paper) by means of 1. Transplanting adult simian Loa worms from a wild drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) to man; and 2. Infecting the same volunteer by sub-cutaneous inoculation with infective larvae of simian Loa from a laboratory-bred, experimentally infe...

Solanum khasi Clark is a shrub which yields solasodine, a steroidal alkaloid. Transplating of seedlings of S. khasianum during November was found to be favourable for development of Alternaria leaf blight followed by transplanting in December, January and February. This paper presents the findings of the investigation.

Number of days from transplanting to rooting varies depending on the weather conditions, which has not been considered in developmental prediction but must affect the accuracy. A method to estimate the rooting day when calculation should be started was proposed using within-the-season growth data of the particular field.