Synbiotics are recognized means of modulating gut microbiota composition and activities. However, whether synbiotics are superior to prebiotics and probiotics alone in moderating the gut microbiota towards a purportedly healthy composition has not been determined. Eight selected synbiotics (short-chain fructooligosaccharides or fructooligosaccharides, each combined with one of four probiotics, ...

INTRODUCTION Meniscal tears are common debilitating injuries that can have dramatic consequences especially for young athletes. Healing of meniscal tears following surgical repair is essentially only feasible for tears within the peripheral, vascular, zone. By comparison, tears that occur within the inner, avascular, zone do not heal and most commonly are treated by excision. This in turn great...

As there is a continuous search for the alternative source for taxol, a million dollar drug due to its scarcity scientists have chosen microorganism as one of the alternate sources.Pestalotiopsis breviseta CR01 produces taxol invitro which was isolated from the plant Catharanceus roceus. The optimum growth of this fungus was analyzed by varying different growth parameters. The presence of taxol...

In this study, αand β-phase As4S4 nanoparticles were prepared by wet nanomilling using sodium dodecyl sulfate as a surfactant. The properties of the nanoparticles were characterized by particle size distribution and Raman scattering. A monomodal distribution, in the 150 – 200 nm range characterized the particle size of both phases after milling. Raman scattering revealed a common pattern for al...

Ashok Balasundaram: Cone beam Computed Tomography imaging of periodontal bone (Under the direction of Dr. André Mol) Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a low-dose, low-cost three dimensional imaging modality used for several oral and maxillofacial applications. This project evaluated the accuracy of Cone-Beam CT imaging to assess periodontal alveolar bone. In Phase I, ground truth measurem...