E R Heddema ([email protected])1, E J van Hannen2, M Bongaerts1, F Dijkstra3, R J ten Hove4, B de Wever5, D Vanrompay6 1. Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Orbis Medical Centre, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands 2. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands 3. Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlan...

Resistance to antibiotics is becoming a major problem worldwide. Exacerbating this situation is the fact that few new antibiotics are in the development pipeline, and, indeed, no novel class of antibiotics has been introduced into medical practice in more than 20 years. It is proposed that the solutions to the problem of antibiotic resistance will be found only through fundamental research that...

1 Biotechnology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, IR Iran 4 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of...

1Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China 3Laboratory of Organometallics, Catalysis and Ordered Materials, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for ...

Among the various applications of nano-biotechnology, healthcare is considered one of the most significant domains. For that possibility to synthesize various kind of nanoparticles (NPs) and the ever-increasing ability to control their size as well as structure, to improve surface characteristics and binding NPs with other desired curing agents has played an important role. In this paper, a bri...

The congress Biotecnología Habana 2012 was held at the Convention Center in Havana, Cuba, March 5-8. Organized by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), this edition was dedicated to medical applications of biotechnology, with pre-Congress specialized satellite symposia and full conference sessions. Here we present information regarding the symposium on Infectious diseases...

Stefania Lanzardo1*, Laura Conti1*, Ronald Rooke2, Roberto Ruiu1, Nathalie Accart3, Elisabetta Bolli1, 3 Maddalena Arigoni1, Marco Macagno1, Giuseppina Barrera4, Stefania Pizzimenti4, Luigi Aurisicchio5, 4 Raffaele Adolfo Calogero1, Federica Cavallo1. 5 Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of 6 Turin, Turin, Italy; Elsalys Biotech...

Author details Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Laboratory for Molecular Medicine and Metabolism, Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Medical Diagnostic Center, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Laboratory for Public Healt...

Cindy Van Humbeeck,1* Tom Cornelissen,1* Hilde Hofkens,1 Wim Mandemakers,2,3 Kris Gevaert,4,5 Bart De Strooper,2,3 and Wim Vandenberghe1,6 1Department of Experimental Neurology and 2Center for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, 3Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, 4Department of Bi...

Lea-Yea CHUANG*, Jinn-Yuh GUH†, Shu-Fen LIU†, Min-Yuan HUNG‡, Tung-Nan LIAO‡§, Tai-An CHIANG‡§, Jau-Shyang HUANG‡‖, Yu-Lun HUANG‡‖, Chi-Fong LIN‡‖ and Yu-Lin YANG‡‖1 *Department of Biochemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, †Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, ‡Institute of Biotechnology, Chung Hwa College of Medical Technology, Tainan...