Objective(s): Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of breast cancer provides valuable data on the disease state of patients. Biocompatible nanoprobes are expected to play a pivotal role in medical diagnosis in the future owing to their prominent advantages. The present study aimed to introduce a novel biocompatible nanoprobe based on lipoproteins for breast cancer cell imaging.<br...

the demand for low fat snacks is increasing. there are different methods to produce low fat fried products. one of these methods is coating. in this study effect of carrageenan, oil temperature and frying time, on oil uptake of fried products (chips and strips) has been evaluated. samples were deep fried in frying oil (palm olein) at 160, 175 and 190 ºc. in order to evaluate the effect of fryin...

fertilizers usually enhance potassium (k) content and other naturally occurring radioactive materials in agricultural fields that eventually enter the human food chain through plants. in this study, pot-grown rice plants planted in soil that is relatively high in natural radioactive content was used to estimate the individual influence of fertilizer applications on the uptake of 226ra, 232th, a...

The present study proposes an alternative way of comparing performance and acute physiological responses to continuous exercise with those of intermittent exercise, ensuring similar between-protocol overall effort (isoeffort) and the same total duration of exercise (isotime). This approach was expected to overcome some drawbacks of traditional methods of comparison. Fourteen competitive cyclist...

Werdich AA, Lima EA, Dzhura I, Singh MV, Li J, Anderson ME, Baudenbacher FJ. Differential effects of phospholamban and Ca /calmodulin-dependent kinase II on [Ca ]i transients in cardiac myocytes at physiological stimulation frequencies. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 294: H2352–H2362, 2008. First published March 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01398.2006.—In cardiac myocytes, the activity of th...

A 57-year-old female was referred to our hospital for severe left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Although she had no symptoms and no history of hypertension, echocardiography demonstrated severe LVH in the mid LV to the apex with no asymmetric septal hypertrophy. Thus, we suspected apical type of HCM and performed FDG-PET/MRI. After fasting for more than 18 hours, the patient was administered u...

The specific uptake of 125I-A6H antibody by xenografts of the human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) TK177G in the athymic mouse was considerably greater than that seen for other human tumor xenografts and their associated antibodies (e.g., 125I-B6.2 uptake by the human breast carcinoma, Clouser). In addition the A6H-RCC model also demonstrated both greater localization indices and absolute amount of...

BACKGROUND There have been reports for over a decade linking serotonin reuptake inhibitors, finasteride and isotretinoin with enduring sexual dysfunction after treatment stops. OBJECTIVE To explore the clinical pictures linked to all 3 drugs. METHODS We have selected 120 reports to RxISK.org reporting the problem and mined these for data on age, gender, drug of use, and impact of the proble...