[gazing into a Crystal Ball and Detecting Subjects at Risk for Developing Cutaneous Melanoma].

Sunlamp use and the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: a population-based case-control study in Connecticut, USA.

BACKGROUND The relationship between cutaneous malignant melanoma and sunlamp use is examined in a Caucasian population in Connecticut, United States. METHODS Cases were diagnosed between 15 January 1987 and 15 May 1987 with a first primary cutaneous melanoma. Controls were obtained from the general population, frequency matched to cases by sex and age, through random digit dialling of Connect...

[Increased risk of developing a second primary cutaneous nevus-associated melanoma in patients previously diagnosed with the disease].

BACKGROUND Patients diagnosed with primary cutaneous melanoma have a greater lifetime risk of developing further melanomas. Most of these melanomas appear to arise de novo, but a proportion of them develop in pre-existing melanocytic nevi. OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors associated with the development of a second cutaneous melanoma arising on a nevus in patients diagnosed with cutaneous ...

Preparation and characterization of Sr-Ti-hardystonite (Sr-Ti-HT) nanocomposite for bone repair application

Objective(s): Hardystonite (HT) is Zn-modified silicate bioceramics with promising results for bone tissue regeneration. However, HT possesses no obvious apatite formation. Thus, in this study we incorporated Sr and Ti into HT to prepare Sr-Ti-hardystonite (Sr-Ti-HT) nanocomposite and evaluated its in vitro bioactivity with the purpose of developing a more bioactive bone substitute material. Ma...

Superantigens: Gazing into the crystal ball

The recently determined crystal structures of complexes between bacterial toxin 'superantigens' and MHC class II molecules shed light on the nature of the interactions between these two molecules.

Crystal ball gazing and the effects of fate.