Plasmid transfer in the human alimentary tract

Hamartomas in the alimentary tract.

The human alimentary tract transfer and body retention of environmental polonium-210.

This paper presents the results of a 4 year study to investigate the human alimentary tract transfer factor (f(A) value) and body retention of 210 Po in shellfish. In the first 3 years, mussels (Mytilus edulis L.), cockles (Cerastoderma edule L.) and brown meat from crab (Cancer pagurus L.) were successively studied. In each year five volunteers (from a pool of seven) ate a suitable portion of ...

Aging and the alimentary tract.

Alimentary Tract: Intestine

While tremendous advances have improved the understanding of inflammatory bowel disease, with regard to environmental risk factors as well as the biochemical nature of the inflammatory process, a determination of primary etiology remains elusive. Numerous theories have been proposed in the past century concerning the cause of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis with implications for specific...

Diseases of the Alimentary Tract

(Pp. xiii + 411; figs. 60. 60s.) London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1963. THE appearance of this book is an important event. There has not been for many years a standard British textbook of gastroenterology, and recent attempts to supply one have not been so successful as one could have wished. The authoritative and massive three-volume work of Bockus is the stand-by of every gastroentero...