How do we reconcile Gen 1 with science? Three modern myths often interfere with understanding Gen 1. We propose to uncover these myths, in order to remove obstacles to understanding Gen 1. Rather than beginning with the myths immediately, let us first consider one strand in contemporary interpretation. This approach begins by reading Gen 1 within its ancient Near Eastern context. It compares an...

Studies of developmental eff ects of mixtures of endocrine disrupters on the male reproductive system are of great concern. In this study, the reproductive eff ects of the co-administration of di-2-(ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and genistein (GEN) during pregnancy and lactation were studied in male rat off spring. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were gavaged from gestation day 3 to postnatal day 2...

Genistein (Gen) has been reported as a protective factor against breast cancer. However, the molecular mechanism by which Gen elicits its effects on triple-negative breast cancer cells has not been fully elucidated. In our study, the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 was selected to determine the action of Gen on triple-negative breast cancer cells. MTT assay, flow cytometric analysis, siRNA t...

The receptor (R) for epidermal growth factor (EGF) is expressed at high levels on human breast cancer cells and associates with ErbB2, ErbB3, and Src proto-oncogene family protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) to form membrane-associated PTK complexes with pivotal signaling functions. Recombinant human EGF was conjugated to the soybean-derived PTK inhibitor genistein (Gen) to construct an EGF-R-direc...

One new subfamily, four new genera and 10 new species of Psychodidae are described from Burmese amber which significantly increases our knowledge about this group in the Cretaceous. Protopsychodinae n. subfam. probably represents the oldest known ancestor of modern Psychodinae and includes three species within two genera: Datzia setosa gen. et sp. n., Datzia bispina gen. et sp. n., and Mandalay...

In this paper, we propose a systematic method for finding impossible differentials for block cipher structures, better than the Umethod introduced by Kim et al [4]. It is referred as a unified impossible differential finding method (UID-method). We apply the UID-method to some popular block ciphers such as Gen-Skipjack, Gen-CAST256, GenMARS, Gen-RC6, Four-Cell, SMS4 and give the detailed imposs...

The Hexapodidae was known to date from the Cenozoic of Veneto by Stevea cesarii Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 1994, from the middle Eocene of Chiampo Valley (Vicenza), and Palaeopinnixa sp. from the upper Eocene of Possagno (Treviso). Recent discoveries from the Eocene of Vicenza area allowed to describe three new genera and four new species of hexapodids. Bellhexapus granulatus n. ge...

Four genera and four species of Osmylopsychopidae are described from the Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia: Oligophlebiopsis biramosa gen. et sp. nov. (Early Jurassic of Sogyuty); Osmylopsychoides anteromedialis gen. et sp. nov., Psychostoechotes undulatus gen. et sp. nov. and Osmylopsychostoechus sogulensis gen. et sp. nov. (all from the late Early to early Middle Jurassic of Sai-Sagul). By...

Allison, C.W. and Awramik, S.M., 1989. Organic-walled microfossils from earliest Cambrian or latest Proterozoic Tindir Group rocks, northwest Canada. Precambrian Res., 43: 253-294. Uppermost Tindir Group limestones exposed in the headwaters of Tindir Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada, contain a diverse and abundant microbiota of mineralized and organic-walled microfossils. Preserved primarily in c...