Cell death at the intestinal epithelial front line

P.oleracea induced apoptosis and inhibited the cell growth in oral epithelial cancer cell line

Despite the progress in cancer therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation, its eradication remains as unattainable dream for the patients and doctors. Recently, using supplementary agents such as herbal medicine with fewer side effects seems efficient and attractive. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to investigate if the ethanolic extract of P.oleracea has cytotoxicity and apopt...

The intestinal epithelial cell.

1 SHOULD first like to thank you for inviting me to be the Robert Campbell Orator on this occasion. For anyone in the field of medical science it is a great honour to give this lecture, for a Queen's graduate it is a very special honour, but for a Queen's graduate who is also an exile, it is not only an honour but a very welcome opportunity to come back again to this medical school. Although my...

Establishment of a human fetal small intestinal epithelial cell line.

Garlic Extract Can Induce Apoptotic Cell Death in The Human Colon Adenocarcinoma HT29 Cell Line

  Background and Objective: Garlic has been known worldwide as a dietary constituent with many pharmacological effects. The present in vitro study was designed to investigate the putative anticancer effect of garlic extract on cancer cells, and if this effect was through apoptosis induction. Material and Methods:  Human colon adenocarcinoma cells HT29 were treated with different doses (1, 5 a...

Navigation at the Internet Front Line

associations. As a result of this interplay with the concepts of virtual and networked organizations and technologies, some emerging issues about Internet, as well as “NVOs” will be brought up. Our comments on these issues will hopefully draw attention to certain aspects of the Internet as one important example of the networked and virtual organizations. Some of these aspects would normally be ...