CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Antimycobacterial Studies An Antimycobaterial is a substance that kills or inhibits the growth and activities of disease causing Mycobacteria (e.g.‚ Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚ Mycobacterium Leprae‚ etc) that are responsible for fatal diseases such as Tuberculosis and leprosy. Antimicrobacterials can either kill microbes (microbiocidal) or prevent the growth of microbes (microbiostatic) (Hannan et al.‚ 2011). Mycobacterium is a genius in the family of the Mycobacteriaceae
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HUMAN GENE THERAPY 22:1–10 (August 2011) ª Mary Ann Liebert‚ Inc. DOI: 10.1089/hum.2011.087 Review Zinc-Finger Nucleases for Somatic Gene Therapy: The Next Frontier 1 Shamim H. Rahman‚ Morgan L. Maeder‚2‚3 J. Keith Joung‚2‚3‚4 and Toni Cathomen1 Abstract Zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) are a powerful tool that can be used to edit the human genome ad libitum. The technology has experienced remarkable development in the last few years with regard to both the target site specificity and the
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Surgical Oncology Volume 2012‚ Article ID 861257‚ 12 pages doi:10.1155/2012/861257 Research Article Assessing Breast CancerMargins Ex Vivo Using Aqueous Quantum-Dot-Molecular Probes Giang H. T. Au‚1 Wan Y. Shih‚1 Wei-Heng Shih‚2 LinetteMejias‚3 Vanlila K. Swami‚3 KimberlyWasko‚4 and Ari D. Brooks4 1 School of Biomedical Engineering‚ Science and Health Systems‚ Drexel University‚ 3141 Chestnut Street‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19104‚ USA 2Department
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Introduction Carol R. Keyes It’s a dance‚ a dance between teacher and student and parent and child and parent and teacher and so on. Knowing when to respond and when to let go and let them find out on their own is a dance‚ a subtle communication of letting each other know what our needs are and how we can help each other. Interview‚ teacher (Henry‚ 1996‚ p. 182) While the value of the home/school partnership is universally accepted‚ it is not always easy to promote or maintain.(1) As we have moved
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JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING Vol. 100‚ No. 3‚ 235–245. 2005 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.100.235 © 2005‚ The Society for Biotechnology‚ Japan REVIEW Bioreactor Design for Tissue Engineering Ralf Pörtner‚1* Stephanie Nagel-Heyer‚1 Christiane Goepfert‚1 Peter Adamietz‚2 and Norbert M. Meenen3 Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg‚ Bioprozess- und Bioverfahrenstechnik‚ Denickestr. 15‚ 21071 Hamburg‚ Germany‚1 Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf‚ Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie II‚
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9-907-048 REV: JUNE 30‚ 2008 CHRISTOPHER A. BARTLETT BRIAN J. HALL NICOLE S. BENNETT GE’s Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project As he prepared for the December 2006 meeting with GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt‚ Pierre Comte faced some difficult decisions. Only eight months into his job as chief marketing officer (CMO) of GE’s Transportation business‚ Comte would be presenting Transportation’s recommendations on some of the most visible growth initiatives in its locomotive business—projects
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GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE WORKING PAPER 00-04 Basic Principles of Sustainable Development Jonathan M. Harris June 2000 Tufts University Medford MA 02155‚ USA http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae © Copyright 2000 Global Development and Environment Institute‚ Tufts University G-DAE Working Paper No. 00-04: “Basic Principles of Sustainable Development” Basic Principles of Sustainable Development 1 Jonathan M. Harris jonathan.harris@tufts.edu 1. The Concept of Development
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CLIMATE CHANGE CORAL BLEACHING and the FUTURE of the WORLDÕS CORAL REEFS by O V E H O E G H Ð G U L D B E R G ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR‚ SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES‚ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY DIRECTOR‚ THE CORAL REEF RESEARCH INSTITUTE‚ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY ISBN 90-73361-52-4 Sea temperatures in the tropics have increased by almost 1oC over the past 100 years and are currently increasing at the rate of approximately 1-2oC per century. Reefbuilding corals‚ which are central to healthy
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Study on the effects of conditioned media from Endothelial Progenitor Cells on rat brain microvascular endothelial cells A bachelor semester report submitted to the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences Written by Date of submission: 15th of January‚ 2013 ii Table of Content 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................9 1.1. Endothelial cells 9 1.2. Rat Brain
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTIONIn most Universities the world over today‚ the academic performance of students has recently come under scrutiny for a number of reasons. For instance‚ a number of studies have been carried out to identify causal factors of poor academic performance in a number of institutions worldwide. Interestingly‚ most of these studies focused on the three elements that intervene. Such included‚ parents (family causal factors)‚ teachers (academic causal factors)‚ and students (personal
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