Article 52(4) EPC, first sentence, represents an exclusion clause and, hence, should be narrowly construed and should not apply to treatments of the human or animal body which are not therapeutic in character or do not constitute a surgical or diagnostic method. The following comments shall give guidance to the reader as to what should be considered if patent protection is desired for an invent...

This study evaluated the efficacy of behavioral and cognitive-behavioral one-session exposure treatment procedures with and without programmed generalization for participants with small animal phobias. Forty participants were randomly assigned to the treatment and generalization conditions. Both treatments produced significant improvements from pre-test to post-test and these results were maint...

Abstract The heat shock protein (Hsp70) level was assessed after 14 days of oral gavage-exposure to fumonisin B 1 (FB : 150 µg/animal/day), deoxynivalenol (DON: 30 µg/animal/day) and zearalenone (ZEN: alone or in combinations (in additive manner: FD = FB + DON, FZ ZEN, DZ DON ZEN FDZ ZEN) the liver, kidneys lung 24 adult male Wistar rats ( n 3/group). liver most responsive tissue, as compared w...

Medicinal plants are very vital in their uses for medication, besides providing ecological, economic, and cultural services. Every human community responds to the challenge of maintaining health treating diseases by developing a medical system based on indigenous theories, beliefs experience that handed down from generation generation. Health is fundamental right. Access care, which includes ac...

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are congenital lesions that cause brain haemorrhage in children and young adults. Current treatment modalities include surgery, radiosurgery and embolization. These treatments are generally effective only for small AVMs. Over one third of AVMs cannot be treated safely and effectively with existing options. Several animal models have been developed with the aim...