Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extra-cranial solid tumor in children and despite aggressive therapy survival rates remain low. One of the contributing factors for low survival rates is aggressive tumor angiogenesis, which is known to increase due to radiation, one of the standard therapies for neuroblastoma. Therefore, targeting tumor angiogenesis can be a viable add-on therapy for the t...

One hundred eighty-eight male calves were randomly assigned to one of five treatments at about 6 wk of age t o determine the effect of castration at different weights on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics. Calves were castrated at 70, 230. 320 or 410 kg or left intact. All calves received a 36-mg zeranol implant 6 0 d postweaning and were re-implanted every 56 d for the duration of...

The kinetics of exchange of Ru(III) at extremely low concentration on the strongly basic anion exchanger IRA-410 has been studied by means of finite volume method. The rate of exchange of Ru(III) studied as function of different parameters, the concentration, the particle size of the exchanger and temperature. The apparent activation energy obtained is 48.75±0.07 and 16.8 kJmol for IRA-410. The...

BACKGROUND The relative merits of round versus naturally shaped breast implants continue to be a subject of debate. OBJECTIVE The results of augmentations with McGhan Style 110 round textured noncohesive-gel-filled implants were compared with those using McGhan Style 410 FM naturally shaped, textured cohesive-gel-filled implants in 2 similar groups of patients. METHODS Patients in each impl...

In this study the further characterization of the Vicia faba leghaemoglobin promoter pVfLb29 is presented that was previously shown to be specifically active in the infected cells of root nodules and in arbuscule-containing cells of mycorrhizal roots. Using promoter studies in transgenic hairy roots of the Pisum sativum mutant RisNod24, disabled in the formation of functional arbuscules, VfLb29...