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Cardiac Progenitor Cells in Cardiac Tissue Repair
Since the discovery of Cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) in the early 1990s, they have been studied extensively in different models and clinical trials to treat various heart diseases. Despite their potential, t...
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Entwicklung von Stammzellen in der kardio-regenerativen Therapie
Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen (CVD) stellen nach wie vor eine zunehmende globale Bedrohung dar. Sie sind eine der Hauptursachen für Morbidität und Mortalität. Trotz der derzeitigen innovativen und wirksamen Ansä...
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Challenges in Understanding the Lung Microbiota
The human lung has been less explored from the microbiological point of view because of the low concentration of microorganisms in this area, physiological and anatomic barriers leading to sampling, isolation,...
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Gelling Agents, Micro and Nanogels in Food System Applications
Across the world many gelled items are manufactured and they are elastic in nature. The most frequent gelling components used in meals are polysaccharides and proteins. The method of gel formation is determine...
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Nanopharmaceuticals: Healthcare Applications and Safety Evaluations
The prospects of nanotechnology in enhancing the quality of healthcare delivery cannot be overemphasized. Indeed, the advancement in nanotechnology is now a motivation for the increasing and wider acceptance o...
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Evolution of Stem Cells in Cardio-Regenerative Therapy
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains an increasing global threat. It is one of the major causes for morbidity and mortality. Despite the current innovative and effective approach in treating CVD, the effects o...
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Design of Nano-Chitosans for Tissue Engineering and Molecular Release
The design of biopolymers such as chitosan is currently a major activity in biomedicine and nanomedicine to fabricate innovative medical devices suitable for therapeutic, diagnostic and orteranostic use. Indee...
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A Global Overview of Edible Mushrooms
WEF, non-timber forest resource has been exploited across the globe since ancient period. Wide ranges of edible varieties, truffles, morels, termite mushrooms, milky caps, chanterelles, boletes etc. were part ...
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Assessment of Occupational Safety Concerns in Pesticide Use Among Small-Scale Farmers in Sagana, Central Highlands, Kenya
Small-scale farmers in Sagana area of central Kenya constitute a population at risk due to intensive use of pesticides in the production of mainly horticultural crops for commercial purposes. This chapter exam...
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Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Three Neotropical Primates: Impact on Plant Regeneration
The tropical rainforest is a mosaic both in the spatial distribution of plant species, which are often clumped, and in the forest dynamics with the juxtaposition of areas of different age (e.g. Hubbell 1979, A...
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Novel Calcium/Calmodulin-modulated Proteins
Ca2+/CaM-regulated protein phosphorylation is believed to play a pivotal role in amplifying and diversifying the action of Ca2+-mediated signals (Poovaiah and Reddy 1993). Although Ca2+/CaM-dependent protein phos...
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Metallothionein in oxidative stress of Parkinson’s disease
The loss of striatal dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease results in enhanced turnover and metabolism of dopamine, augmenting the formation of H2O2 and generation of highly neurotoxic hydroxyl radicals (·O...
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Plantes médicinales utilisées par les Pygmées (Mbute) pour combattre le paludisme dans la zone de Mambasa, Ituri, Zaire
Les enquêtes ethnobotaniques ont été menées auprès des Pygmées (Mbute) habitant les environs de Mambasa et Nduye en Ituri, Haut-Zaïre. Elles ont permis de recenser 24 espèces différentes qui interviennent dans...
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Huayu 15, a High-Yielding Rice Variety Bred by Anther Culture
A new rice variety, Huayu 15, was bred by anther culture, and yielded 8–11 t/ha in the Yan Shan area in China (Liang and Huang 1982, 1986, 1988). This new variety was obtained from a pollen-derived haploid pla...
