The Cell Biology Symposium titled "Novel technologies and novel insights" was held at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 10-14, 2011. The purpose of the symposium was to provide the animal science community with ...

Since 2005, every annual meeting of the Japanese Gastroenterological Association has included a core symposium for functional gastrointestinal disorders. At the 6th annual meeting, the core symposium was 'Pathophysiology and New Treatment'. At the 7th annual meeting, the core symposium was 'Pathophysiology and Motility'. This review summarizes the papers presented ...

Getting off the train in Jena-Paradies, 60 participants joined for the 12 (th) Young Scientist Meeting of the German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ) entitled "RNA & Disease". Excellent speakers from around the world, graduate students, postdocs and young group leaders enjoyed a meeting in a familiar atmosphere to exchange ...

This paper argues that a certain way of thinking about the function of the biobank-about what it does and is constructed for as a social institution aimed at 'some good'-can and should play a substantial role in an effective biobanking ethic. It first exemplifies an 'institution shaped gap' in the ...

This article is a commentary on 'Examining the association between music lessons and intelligence' (Schellenberg, 2011).

This Editorial briefly introduces the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) to readers of Cell & Bioscience.

This review of newborn screening examines the beginning of screening with the story of phenylketonuria and explores the principles of screening and the criteria with which disorders were added to newborn screening panels. The explosion of tests that are screened for followed the adoption of tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS) technology. ...

In June 2007, a group of 15 prison psychologists, social workers, wardens, and correctional administrators from across Germany visited the northeast United States for the purpose of conducting tours of various kinds of correctional facilities. The trip was organized through a collaborative effort from the authors over a period of ...

Two complementary procedures have been developed for the conversion of the oximes of alpha-aryl ketones to azirines. On heating, the azirines rearrange smoothly to the corresponding indoles. The overall transformation offers a versatile route to indoles, complementary to the Fischer indole synthesis.

H.G. Wells called her 'that unforgettable heroine'. But she was forgotten, most particularly in New Zealand, where she was banned from mention in the newspapers under the War Regulations for her 'safe sex' work during the First World War - a very hypocritical move as it happened just as her ...

Screening is the acknowledgement of ignorance. Such a provocative statement might not amuse our community and, in fact, an incredible quantity of knowledge does go into each screen. However, from a structural point of view, screening is where serendipity meets prediction.

Two patients presented with history, symptoms, and clinical findings suggesting unilateral peritonsillar abscesses. At the time of quinsy tonsillectomy, the patients were found to have pus present in the contralateral peritonsillar spaces. These findings prompted a review of the literature to determine the actual frequency of bilateral peritonsillar abscesses and ...

The alga polytomella contains several organelles composed of microtubules, including four flagella and hundreds of cytoskeletal microtubules. Brown and co-workers have shown (1976. J. Cell Biol. 69:6-125; 1978, Exp. Cell Res. 117: 313-324) that the flagella could be removed and the cytoskeletans dissociated, and that both structures could partially regenerate ...

With the widespread use of routine cervical cytologic screening in pregnancy and the increasing use of colposcopy, the problem of coexistent decidual and neoplastic cervical changes becomes more frequent. This case report illustrates such a problem and discusses its management.

In a screening survey for hypothermia carried out amongst the elderly population of an island in the Orkneys, in which a 96 per cent response rate was obtained, oral temperatures were recorded using standard and low-reading thermometers. Out of 77 patients who entered the survey, only three had an oral ...

The photomotogram (P.M.G.) of the Achilles tendon reflex was studied in 26 patients with hypothermia (rectal temperature 33.3 degrees C or less), 10 of whom also had myxoedema (serum protein bound iodine 2.8 mug/100 ml or less). No reflex could be elicited in eight (31%) of these patients, including three ...

Sixty-six patients were seen from January 1963 to December 1970 in whom a diagnosis of analgesic nephropathy was made. The ratio of women to men was 2.7:1 and women presented at an earlier age. Over 60% of patients had or developed urinary tract infection and over one-third presented with serum ...