Meat-focused diets are highly debated considering their environmental and health consequences. A change in consumption patterns industrialized countries seems inevitable. To inform marketers policymakers on how to mitigate meat as a means of obtaining sustainability goals, the present study identifies consumer segments based actual purchases fresh cuts using German household scanner data for ye...

The site on the HIV-1 gp120 glycoprotein that binds the CD4 receptor is recognized by broadly reactive antibodies, several of which neutralize over 90% of HIV-1 strains. To understand how antibodies achieve such neutralization, we isolated CD4-binding-site (CD4bs) antibodies and analyzed 16 co-crystal structures –8 determined here– of CD4bs antibodies from 14 donors. The 16 antibodies segregate...

Inhibition of C38 carbon steel corrosion by 4-methyl-3-phenyl-2(3H)-thiazolethione (TO1) and 4-methyl-2-(methylthio)-3- phenylthiazol-3-ium (ST1) in 1 ​M HCl was investigated weight loss electrochemical methods. All the data obtained reveal that two compounds act as good inhibitors this media. At optimized concentration TO1 ST1 showed highest inhibition efficiency 98.8% (2.10−4 ​M) 93.86% (10−3...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene and defective chloride transport across the epithelial cell membranes. Abnormal epithelial ion transport is the primary cause of persistent airway infections and chronic inflammation in CF patients. In order to gain further insight into the mec...

Traditional Japanese medicine uses the leaves of Kumaizasa bamboo extracted in hot water at 100°C. For this study, we developed a new, 'vigorous' extraction method involving steps at 100, 121 and 196°C. This procedure not only yielded greater amounts of extract but also with significant increase in immunostimulating activity, which induces activation of human natural killer (NK) cells, macropha...

S 23906-1 is a novel acronycine derivative selected on the basis of its potency in vitro. We investigated the antitumor activity of S 23906-1 against several murine transplantable tumors (C38 colon carcinoma, P388 leukemia, B16 melanoma, and Lewis lung carcinoma) and in orthotopic models of human lung (NCI-H460 and A549), ovarian (IGROV1 and NIH:OVCAR-3), and colorectal cancers (HCT116 and HT-2...

BACKGROUND Bevacizumab is an exogenous inhibitor which inhibits the biological activity of human VEGF. Several studies have investigated the effectiveness of bevacizumab therapy according to different cancer types but these days there is an intense debate on its utility. We have investigated different methods to find the best tumor volume estimation since it creates the possibility for precise ...