Health-promoting effects have been attributed to a number of Bifidobacterium sp.strains.These effects as well as the ability to colonise the host depend on secreted proteins.Moreover, rational design of protein secretion systems bears the potential for the generation of novel probiotic bifidobacteria with improved health-promoting or therapeutic pr
It is known that total telomere length is shorter in invasive breast cancer than in normal breast tissue but the status of individual telomere lengths has not been studied.Part of the difficulty is that usually telomere length in interphase cells is measured on all chromosomes together.In this study we compared normal breast epithelium, duct carcin
Idiopathic pediatric pneumoparotitis, being rare, is often misdiagnosed in acute care settings, resulting in inappropriate initial management and emergency department (ED) disposition.We report the case of a previously well 11-year-old boy who presented to our ED with acute left cheek swelling and pain.He was diagnosed with camif draps pneumoparoti
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