14.3 (6.7) days (range, 7-20 days) for BT-A. Anhidrotic areas developed earlier in the BT-B side. Patients reported longer-lasting subjective benefit from BT-B than BT-A: 17.3 (7.4) weeks vs 12.9 (8.4) weeks. All patients tolerated intradermally injected BT-A and BT-B well, although some experienced mild pain, especially during BT-B injections. No hematomas developed at the injection site, nor ...

Torque Teno virus (TTV) is a transfusion transmitted virus that seems to be involved in several complications such as acute respiratory diseases, liver diseases, AIDS, cancer, and autoimmune reactions.  In the present study the frequency of TTV was investigated among β- thalassemia (BT) and haemodialysis (HD) patients (high risk patients for TTV) in Mazandaran province, Iran. DNA was ...

We determined whether plant volatiles help explain why Cotesia chilonis (a parasitoid of the target pest Chilo suppressalis) is less abundant in Bt than in non-Bt rice fields. Olfactometer studies revealed that C. chilonis females responded similarly to undamaged Bt and non-Bt rice plants. Parasitoids preferred rice plants damaged by 3(rd)-instar larvae of C. suppressalis, but did not different...

transgenic tomato plants of south indian cultivar arka vikas were developed using agrobacterium strain eha 105, harbouring bt cry2a gene with a construct containing 35s camv promoter, ocs terminator and nptii selectable marker, through agrobacterium-mediated transformation. this study was conducted to improve the regeneration and transformation protocol for south indian cultivar arka vikas. hyp...

A 2-yr field experiment was conducted to determine the effects on Diabrotica spp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of an insecticidal seed treatment (Poncho 1250, (AI)/clothianidin) and a granular insecticide (Aztec 2.1G, (AI)/tebupirimphos and cyfluthrin) alone and in combination with maize producing the insectidical toxin Cry3Bb1 derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Yields for B...

Transgenic crops producing insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are widely used to control pests, but their benefits will be lost if pests evolve resistance. The mandated high-dose/refuge strategy for delaying pest resistance requires planting refuges of toxin-free crops near Bt crops to promote survival of susceptible pests. We report that pollen-mediated gene flow up to 31 m f...

Background/Aim: To compare five radiotherapy methods for prostate cancer. Patients and Methods: During 2005-2018, the data of patients with non-metastatic cancer were retrospectively analysed. treated high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT); low-dose-rate (LDR-BT); or external-beam (EBRT), including conventionally fractionated (CFRT), moderate-hypofractionated (MHRT), ultra-hypofractionated (UHRT...

Rice lines genetically modified with the crystal toxin genes from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have experienced rapid development, with biosafety certificates for two Bt rice lines issued in 2009. There has still been no commercial release of these lines yet due to public concerns about human health and environmental risks. Some studies confirmed that Bt rice was as safe as conventional rice to ...

In contrast to other transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops (e.g. Bt maize and cotton), risk assessments of Bt rice on soil ecosystem are few. To assess the influence of Bt rice on rhizosphere soil ecosystems, soil samples from Bt, non-Bt and controls were taken at seedling, tillering, booting, heading and maturing stages. The activities of dehydrogenases, invertase, phenol oxidases, acid...