Herpes simplex virus, grown in BHKzI cells, was extensively purified by fluorocarbon treatment, ultracentrifugation, sucrose gradient centrifugation and chromatography on calcium phosphate. The purity of the product was assessed by immunodiffusion, electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels and removal of added radioactive host material from the virus. Purified virus was disrupted with sodium dodec...

A 25-year-old patient with acrodermatitis enteropathica who had been treated with di-iodohydroxyquinoline for 20 years was changed to zinc sulphate therapy and studied under full metabolic balance control for zinc, calcium, magnesium, and inorganic phosphorus. The results obtained indicate that there is only a small overall deficit of body zinc stores in this disease and that the function of di...

Acid deposition and its effects were studied by analysing the chemistry in precipitation, stream water, soil water and soils in two catchments in Hunan. One site, Linkesuo (denoted LKS), is on the outskirts of Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan, the other (Bailutang, denoted BLT) on the outskirts of Chenzhou in southern Hunan. Volume-weighted average pH values and sulphate concentrations...

In the present study, a total of sixty groundwater samples, twenty each for pre-monsoon, monsoon and post seasons 2018, were collected from selected locations in Mewat district Haryana, India. Electrical conductivity (EC) was measured at site dissolved solids (TDS) estimated. Samples analysed anions (chloride, sulphate, bicarbonate) cations (calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium). Multiple regr...

The aim of this paper is to review available data about drugs for preventing preterm labour. Tocolytic therapy includes β adrenergic receptor agonists, NO donors, magnesium sulphate, prostaglandin-synthase inhibitors, oxytocin receptor antagonists, calcium-channel blockers, progesterone, 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate, and antibiotics. Their specific effects on myometrial contractility, thei...

The study carried out to evaluate some of the physical and chemical properties ground water samples from west Alshirqat district, Salaheddin province, IRAQ. Six wells selected, sample collected every month for 6 months (October,2021 – March 2022). In each electric conductivity (EC), pH, total dissolved solid (TDS), oxygen (DO), biological demand (BOD), hardness (TH), calcium (Ca H), magnesium (...

Neutralization of Acidic Sulfur Species by Calcite in Mineral Aerosols Collected in China and Japan Studied by Ca K-Edge X-Ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure Spectroscopy X-ray absorption near-edge structure studies at the calcium K-edge have been used to show that acidic sulfur species in the atmosphere (e.g., H2SO4), mainly released by human activities, can be neutralized by the calcite prese...

Impact craters and associated hydrothermal systems are regarded as sites within which life could originateonEarth,andonMars.TheHaughton impactcrater,oneof themostwell preservedcratersonEarth, is abundant inCa-sulphates. Selenite, a transparent form of gypsum, has been colonized by viable cyanobacteria. Basementrocks,whichhavebeenshocked,aremoreabundant inendolithicorganisms,whencomparedwithunsh...

Local release of antibiotic has advantages in the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis and infected fractures. The adequacy of surgical debridement is still key to successful clearance of infection but local antibiotic carriers seem to afford greater success rates by targeting the residual organisms present after debridement and delivering much higher local antibiotic concentrations compared with...

Mouse protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPBR7 is a receptor-like, transmembrane protein that is localized on the surface of neuronal cells. Its protein phosphatase activity is reduced upon multimerization, and PTPBR7-deficient mice display motor coordination defects. Extracellular molecules that may influence PTPBR7 activity, however, remain to be determined. We here show that the PTPBR7 extracellu...