MAINTAINING A ‘FIT’ IMMUNE SYSTEM: THE ROLE OF VACCINES

Maintaining a ‘fit’ immune system: the role of vaccines

Introduction Conventionally, vaccines are thought to induce a specific immune response directed against a target pathogen.Long recognized but poorly understood nonspecific benefits of vaccination, such as reduced susceptibility to unrelated diseases or cancer, are now being investigated and may be due in part to “trained immunity’.Areas covered

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Case report: The impact of percutaneous atrial septal defect closure in pulmonary hypertension with co-existing cor triatriatum sinister and multiple cardiac comorbidities

Cor triatriatum sinister is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the left-sided triatrial form Baby Pants of the heart.Diverse theories have been proposed regarding its formation, and the failure of incorporation of the common pulmonary vein into the left atrium (LA) during embryogenesis is the most widely accepted theory.Accordingly, cor tri

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Solar photo-Fenton technology in conjunction with a sequential batch reactor for the degradation of textile dyeing effluent

The novelty of present work was employed steel scrap as a substitute for the conventional Fenton catalyst in the Fenton chemical process.It was experimented to determine the degradation of textile dyeing effluent using three different types of light: room light, ultraviolet light, and solar light.In order to fulfil the colour and COD degradation re

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