Several epidemiological studies have observed an inverse relationship between people’s habitual frequency of eating and body weight, leading to the suggestion that a ‘nibbling’ meal pattern may help in the avoidance of obesity. A review of all pertinent studies shows that, although many fail to find any significant relationship, the relationship is consistently inverse in those that do observe ...

Several epidemiological studies have observed an inverse relationship between people's habitual frequency of eating and body weight, leading to the suggestion that a 'nibbling' meal pattern may help in the avoidance of obesity. A review of all pertinent studies shows that, although many fail to find any significant relationship, the relationship is consistently inverse in those that do observe ...

Alifelong passion for natural history and an aptitude for chemistry had led me to study for a B.Sc. in biochemistry at University College London (UCL) from 1963 to 1966. It was during this period that the allosteric theory of enzyme regulation was put forward by JacquesMonod, Jean-Pierre Changeux, and Francois Jacob at the Institute Pasteur. This explained how the end products of a biosynthetic...

Introduction: Non Endoscopic endo-nasal dacryocystorhinostomy retains the benefit of an Endo-nasal approach and can be done without using expensive video endoscope or laser system.
 Case presentation: A 22 years old female presented with epiphora medial canthal mass in her left eye, accompanied by discharge recurrent conjunctival congestion since childhood. Physical examination revealed lo...

objective despite numerous reports on the effects of meal frequency on biochemical parameters such as plasma lipid profile, glucose and insulin, there is almost no study to investigate the influence of meal frequency on immune system. in the present article, for the first time, the effect of meal frequency on complement components c3 and c4, as key components of the complement system, has been ...

Monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DC) possess the unique capacity to capture Ag from live cells through intimate cell contact, a process referred to as nibbling. We sought to define the receptor(s) mediating DC nibbling. Uptake of fluorescently labeled plasma membrane from live cells by DC was inhibited by protease treatment and by a panel of polyanionic ligands, implicating scavenger receptors...

Objective Despite numerous reports on the effects of meal frequency on biochemical parameters such as plasma lipid profile, glucose and insulin, there is almost no study to investigate the influence of meal frequency on immune system. In the present article, for the first time, the effect of meal frequency on complement components C3 and C4, as key components of the complement system, has been...

In six months, one pair of mice can eat more than two kilograms (4 lbs.) of food and deposit about 18,000 droppings. Food contaminated by mice is about ten times greater than what is eaten. Also, food wasted by mouse nibbling is much more than what is eaten. So common are mice, that it is no wonder their hairs and sometimes droppings, end up in all types of food commodities, from canned beans t...