PURPOSE Current topics in fluorine research are presented with emphasis on findings by researchers in Szczecin and Poland, as well as in the world. Reports are cited on the distribution of fluorine compounds in the environment, routes of penetration into living organisms, and analytical methods for the quantitative determinations of fluorine content in air, water, soil, and foods. Important con...

The cross-disciplinary nature of bioinformatics entails co-evolution with other biomedical disciplines, whereby some bioinformatics applications become popular in certain disciplines and, in turn, these disciplines influence the focus of future bioinformatics development efforts. We observe here that the growth of computational approaches within various biomedical disciplines is not merely a re...

Maternal diabetes predisposes the growing foetus to non-communicable disease risk later in life. Studies show an increased risk of adiposity/obesity, type-2 diabetes and higher blood pressure in offspring of diabetic mothers. Altered metabolic and neuroendocrine functions, and epigenetic modification of genes involved in these functions are some of the mechanisms proposed for the offspring dise...