determine the efficacy of maggot debridement therapy (MDT) of skin ulcers (e.g. diabetic foot ulcers‚ venous stasis‚ osteomyelitis)‚ with specific focus on assessing the healing time and amputation rate. Maggot therapy utilizes freshly emerged‚ sterile larvae of the common green bottle fly‚ Phaenicia (Lucilia) sericata‚ which secrete digestive enzymes that selectively dissolve necrotic tissue‚ disinfect the wound‚ and thus stimulate wound healing. Introduction Maggots or green bottle blowflies‚ Phaenicia
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Medusa- motile‚ free-swimming B. Polyps- sessile‚ attached to hard substrate Exceptions: 1. Hydra humbles on tentacles 2. Sea anemones glide on pedal disc Reproduction 1. Asexual Budding 2. Sexual a. Medusae release sperm and eggs b. Larvae are free-swimming Ecological Role A. Predators and prey B. Neurotoxins in medical research C. Coral - Jewelry ‚ building‚ reefs (surfing) D. Cora Reefs - habitat for many Great Biodiversity Protect coastline E. Symbiosis with
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antifungal activity with MIC range of 3.125 – 12.5 mg/mL whilst Mystroxylon aethiopicum extracts had MIC range of 6.25 – 12.5 mg/mL. Cytotoxicity assay revealed that LCLA extract which displayed good antifungal activity was cytotoxic against brine shrimp larvae with LC50 value of 17.861 µg/mL. It was shown that 33% of plant extracts exhibited high cytotoxicity with LC50 values below that of standard anticancer
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Question 1. (1): Distinguish among pathogenic‚ deficiency‚ hereditary and physiological diseases. Include at least one example of each. A pathogenic or an infectious disease is caused by an external infectious agent or pathogen such as viruses‚ bacteria‚ parasites and fungi. These pathogens are found in water‚ soil and air and a human body can be infected from drinking‚ eating or touching something infected with germs. Example: Pneumonia A deficiency disease is caused by a deficiency of vital
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The vampire fish. That is what the Sea lamprey was nicknamed when discovered in 1835. First spotted in Lake Ontario‚ researchers were horrified to learn that the Sea lamprey feeds on blood. These parasitic fish latch on to their victims and siphon their blood and other body fluids‚ sucking them completely dry. What separates the Sea lamprey from other fish‚ other than their horrifying blood fetish‚ is their unique body structure. These fish do not have jaws or any other bone structure in their anatomy
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Save the Honey Bees! What are Honey bees? Honeybees‚ or Apis Mellifera‚ are one of the most familiar insects in the world according to Jim Mason at gpnc.org. There are more than one species of honeybee in the world that span from Southeast Asia to Europe. The four different species include The Little Honeybee‚ The Eastern Honey bee‚ The Giant Honeybee‚ and the Western Honeybee. Additionally there are three types of Honeybees inside of any given hive and those are The Queen‚ The worker bee‚ and the
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Investigatory Project In Science IV Submitted by: Mary Rose L. Perez IV-St. Matthew Submitted to: Mrs. Leira B. Tobias Teacher in Science IV CHAPTER 1: Cacao Leaves as Natural Insect Repellant This study is a experimental research and was conducted to establish the efficacy of cacao leaves decoction on the treatment of escalation of insects. To abolish the use of DEET (N‚N-diethyl-3- methylbenzamide)‚ a chemical formulation developed during
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approximately a month and a half to the Monarch to develop completely from the egg to the adult Monarch. The females put their eggs in a plant called Milkweed and the egg will hatch in 3 to 8 days. The egg is as thick as a needle. When they are larvae‚ the larvae survive by eating the Milkweed. During this stage‚ the larva can multiply its size by 2‚000 times. A Monarch is a larva for 7 to 17 days before becoming a pupa. A monarch is a pupa for 8 to 15 days. The beautiful wings of the pupa can be seen
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The Seven Year Itch: Life and Times of Sarcoptes scabiei var. Hominis Scabies is a skin disease caused by the parasite Sarcoptes scabiei. There are several sub-species of Sarcoptes scabiei‚ this paper addresses Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis‚ which is specific to humans. Biological classification of Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis is as follows: domain Eukaryota‚ kingdom Animalia‚ phylum Arthropoda‚ class Arachnida (subclass Acari)‚ order Astigmata‚ family Sarcoptidae‚ Genus Sarcoptes‚ Species
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W. HENRY et al.: Polytene Chromosomes of S. (Nevermannia) praelargum UNCORRECTED PROOF Polytene Chromosomes of an Indian Himalayan black fly Simulium (Nevermannia) praelargum (Diptera: Simuliidae) Willie HENRY1‚ Subrata Kumar DEY2‚ Rakesh VARMA1‚ Sachin THAPA1‚ William S PROCUNIER3 1 2 P.G. Department of Zoology‚ Darjeeling Government College‚ Darjeeling‚ West Bengal 734101‚ India School of Biotechnology‚ West Bengal University of Technology‚BF-142‚ Sector 1‚Salt Lake City‚ Kolkata 700064
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