that the gallium activity was located near the stomach. After another glass of water was taken, the stomach was imaged again, using the upper three gallium peaks and thus excluding the Tc99m energy. This showed that the gallium activity was no longer present in the stomach (Fig. I). Gallium and Tc-99m were seen on the oscilloscope to enter the small bowel. An image taken 30 min later did not sh...

Noncommunicable diseases are the leading health concerns of the modern era, accounting for two-thirds of global deaths, half of all disability, and rapidly growing costs. To provide a contemporary overview of the burdens caused by noncommunicable diseases, we compiled mortality data reported by authorities in forty-nine countries for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; chronic re...

BACKGROUND: In preclinical studies on laboratory animals, oral administration with special probe for test substances is very in demand. Most are devoted to the psychophysiological and clinical-biochemical reaction of animals body this effect, but extremely few consider effect manipulation itself development pathology tissues gastrointestinal tract associated inevitable mechanical impact mucous ...

Stomach-selective gene transfer is a promising approach as a therapeutic strategy for refractory gastric diseases. In this study, we improved the stomach selectivity of gene expression following microinstillation of naked plasmid DNA (pDNA) onto the gastric serosal surface in mice. pDNA encoding firefly luciferase was used as a reporter gene. It was confirmed that the gene expression level in t...

F OR more than twenty years examination with the roentgen ray has been an established and extraordinarily efficient method of diagnosing diseases of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum and colon, but during most of this period the small bowel beyond the duodenum seldom was subjected to thorough and systematic investigation. For the neglect of this field there seemed to be good and sufficient reaso...