Kenneth John Carpenter (1923–2016)

Gonococcal Pilin Variants in Experimental Gonorrhea by John Swanson,* Kenneth Robbins,* Osmar Barrera,*

Pili appear to promote the pathogenicity of gonococci (Gc)' by mediating their attachment to human hosts' mucosal surfaces (1, 2) . Although all Gc pili are assumed to have adherence-promoting properties, they exhibit structural diversity between strains and among variants of a given strain (3-8). This diversity is due to differences in the amino acid sequences of their pilus subunit (pilin) po...

The carpenter syndrome phenotype.

Carpenter syndrome (Acrocephalopolysyndactyly type II), first described in 1901, consists of acrocephaly, syndactyly, polydactyly, congenital heart disease, mental retardation, hypogenitalism, cryptorchidism, obesity, umbilical hernia and bony abnormalities. We report a 6 years old boy presenting as a union of these malformations and also having bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Auditory di...

Kenneth Catania

R4 Current Biology 27, R1–R18, January 9, 2017 At the time of going to press, the nominations have not included the post of a science advisor, so scientists in the US and their world-leading institutions and associations are wondering how, if at all, verifi able facts from the real world can reach the president. Writing in Science magazine, the CEO of the American Association for the Advancemen...

Kenneth M

Red Blood Cell (RBC) transfusion is a common medical procedure, which most often involves stored RBC units. During storage, RBC quality degrades due to various factors (“storage lesion”). This decreases cell viability in-vivo and thus often compromises transfusion efficacy. The degradation of any given unit of RBC solution varies according to several factors besides time (e.g., variability amon...

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