Hammer and colleagues report on BKV-specific T-cell responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of 15 viremic kidney transplant recipients (1). After stimulation with overlapping peptides spanning the viral capsid protein VP1, interferon-c (IFNc )-producing CD4+ T cells were observed in 7 patients (47%), including 2 patients (13%) with a CD8+ T-cell response. All patients with a dete...

Computational methods have been used in the past to generate large libraries of hypothetical zeolite structures, but to date analysis of these structures has typically been limited to relatively simple physical properties such as density. We use efficient methods to analyze the adsorption and diffusion properties of simple adsorbate molecules in a library of >250 000 hypothetical silica zeolite...

Blood is the main by-product from slaughterhouses bearing high levels of suspended solids (18% w/w) and BOD5 (250 000–375 000 mg O2/L), which makes difficult its handling disposal. This study proposes valorisation blood protein to produce enzymatic hydrolysates rich in haemic iron antioxidant peptides. Haemic presents higher bioavailability compared inorganic form, but incorporation into foodst...

The soluble fibre (1 ! 3)(1 ! 4)-b-D-glucan attenuates postprandial glycaemic responses when administered in solution. This attenuating effect is strengthened when solution viscosity is increased by increasing the b-glucan dose or molecular weight (MW). The effect of varying solution viscosity by changing solution volume, without changing the b-glucan dose or MW, on glycaemic responses was dete...