The use of glass beads in a high-speed mixing device to rupture organisms was applied to molds. The use of a mixer in which the propellor shaft enters from the top into a metal mixing chamber made it possible to immerse the whole device in a salt water and ice mixture so that the temperature of the glass-bead slurry could be kept below 5 C without difficulty. Mycelia, glass beads, and buffer in...

artemisia is an important genus of iranian flora whose potent anti-proliferative effect has been demonstrated previously on human cancerous cell lines. in the current study, further fractionation was carried out on the petroleum ether extract of a. aucheri and their cytotoxic effects were evaluated on three human cancer cell lines. cell viability was determined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl)-2,...

varicocele is characterized by abnormal tortuosity and dilation of the veins of the pampiniform plexus within the spermatic cord. although several reports show the mechanisms by which the varicocele exerts its infertility impact, the exact pathophysiology for varicocele-induced inflammation and its relationship with testicular endocrine disruption remain largely unknown. this review article wil...

Disruption of mast cells was measured by incubating the peritoneal washings of a rat with the substances under test. The incubate was filtered and the histamine in the undisrupted mast cells on the filter was assayed using guinea-pig ileum. Measurements were also made on disruption of rat peritoneal mast cells in vivo. Disodium cromoglycate (DCG) reduces the in vitro disruption of peritoneal ma...

with the introduction of the use of seatbelts in cars, mortality following motor vehicle crashes has decreased significantly. however, two patterns of injuries, the ‘seatbelt sign’ and ‘seatbelt syndrome’ have emerged. injuries may consist of traumatic abdominal wall disruption. we present two cases of severe abdominal wall disruption caused by a seatbelt injury and treated with primary repair....

costochondral and rib grafts have long been used for reconstruction of lost condyle. donor site morbidity has less been under investigation and researched. pleural disruption pneumothorax and ugly scars are among the donor site complications. this study aims to determine the rate of pleural disruption following costochondral graft harvesting from the 4th to the 7th ribs of right and left ribs f...

Cell disruption or lysis is a crucial step to obtain cellular components for various biological studies. We subjected different concentrations of Candida albicans to 5, 10, 15 and 20 cycles of disruption. The degree of cell lysis was observed using light microscopy and the yields obtained were measured and analysed. The optimum extraction with 1 x 10(10) yeast cells/ml was achieved after 5 cycl...

Chronic mitochondrial dysfunction, in particular of complex I, has been strongly implicated in the dopaminergic neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. To elucidate the mechanisms of chronic complex I disruption-induced neurodegeneration, we induced differentiation of immortalized midbrain dopaminergic (MN9D) and non-dopaminergic (MN9X) neuronal cells, to maintain them in culture without sign...