Precis of Progress in Biochemistry

Recent Progress in the Chemistry and Biochemistry of Rifamycins

ABSTRACF The availability of a large number of natural and semisynthetic rifamycins made it possible to derive a clear relationship between structural features and activity against the target enzyme, the bacterial DNA-directed RNA polymerase (DDRP). Recent data are reported on the conformation of the active molecule in solution and on the Hansch approach for quantitative correlation between the...

The Origin of Concepts: A Precis

3 The human conceptual repertoire is a unique phenomenon on earth, posing a formidable challenge to the disciplines of cognitive science. Alone among animals, humans can ponder the causes and cures of pancreatic cancer or global warming. How are we to account for the human capacity to create concepts such as electron, cancer, infinity, galaxy, and wisdom? 1. Components of a theory of conceptual...

Precis of perception and basic beliefs

This book is concerned with a cluster of issues: the distinction between perception and inference; the role of nondoxastic experiential states in perceptual belief and perceptual justification; the nature of epistemologically basic beliefs; and a famous class of counterexamples to reliabilism involving agents with clairvoyance or other strange cognitive powers. What these issues have in common,...

The 15th Iranian National Congress of Biochemistry & 6th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Recent Progress in Allergen Immunotherapy

The efficacy of allergen immunotherapy for the treatment of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis with or without seasonal bronchial asthma and anaphylaxis caused by the sting of the hymenoptera class of insects has been clearly demonstrated in numerous well-designed, placebo-controlled trials. Immunotherapy whether by subcutaneous injection of allergen extract or by oral/sublingual routes modifies peri...