THE ERA OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES: USE OF HEPCIDINS TO PREVENT OR TREAT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND IRON DISORDERS

The Era of Antimicrobial Peptides: Use of Hepcidins to Prevent or Treat Bacterial Infections and Iron Disorders

The current treatments applied in aquaculture to limit disease dissemination are mostly based on the use of antibiotics, either as prophylactic or therapeutic agents, with vaccines being available for a limited number of fish species and pathogens.Antimicrobial peptides are considered as promising novel substances to be used in aquaculture, due to

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The current landscape of gastric cancer and gastroesophageal junction cancer diagnosis and treatment in China: a comprehensive nationwide cohort analysis

Abstract Background Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer globally and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.Despite its alarming prevalence, limited comparative evidence exists on its treatment efficacy and prognosis across diverse China populations.Methods To address this, our study used a large-scale dataset from the Na

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Presence of Hemidactylus frenatus and Hemidactylus mabouia (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Leticia, Colombian Amazon

The Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus is recorded for the first time in the city of Leticia, in Colombian Amazonia.The species probably reached this region through air and/or fluvial ways.Hemidactylus frenatus and Hemidactylus Cargo Cover mabouia are recorded coexisting in downtown Leticia, where it seems to be displacing H.mabouia.H.frenatu

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Ubiquitous Network Society

Technology is evolving faster than ever in the ITC domain.Computing devices become smaller and more powerful by the day (and cheaper than ever).They have started to move away from the classical “computer” towards portable devices like personal digital assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones.Even these devices are no longer what they used to be.A ph

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