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Scientifically advanced solutions for chestnut ink disease [PDF]

open access: yesApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014
On the north regions of Portugal and Spain, the Castanea sativa Mill. culture is extremely important. The biggest productivity and yield break occurs due to the ink disease, the causal agent being the oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomi. This oomycete is also responsible for the decline of many other plant species in Europe and worldwide. P.
Choupina, Altino   +2 more
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Soil compaction and chestnut ink disease [PDF]

open access: yesForest Pathology, 2004
SummaryChestnut ink disease caused by the oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomi, a soil‐borne pathogen of world‐wide distribution, accounts for the majority of disease problems on chestnuts in Portugal, limiting yield in a large number of stands and impeding establishment of trees in new areas.
T. F. Fonseca   +2 more
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A smart ink pen for spiral drawing analysis in patients with Parkinson’s disease [PDF]

open access: yes2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2021
Handwriting skills could be highly impaired in patients affected by Parkinson's disease (PD), and for this reason its analysis had always been considered relevant. In handwriting assessment, Archimedes spiral drawing is one of the most proposed tasks, due to its peculiar shape and ease of execution.
Toffoli, Simone   +6 more
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High-precision, gelatin-based, hybrid, bilayer scaffolds using melt electro-writing to repair cartilage injury

open access: yesBioactive Materials, 2021
Articular cartilage injury is a common disease in the field of orthopedics. Because cartilage has poor self-repairing ability, medical intervention is needed.
Yu Han   +7 more
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Antibacterial Activity of Cuttlefish Sepia sp. (Cephalopoda,) Ink Extract Against Aeromonas hydrophila

open access: yesMajalah Obat Tradisional, 2019
Cephalopods ink has shown potential antiretroviral activity. The ink extracts of cuttlefish showed an antibacterial effect. This study aims to investigate the antibacterial activity of the methanolic extract of the ink of cuttlefish Sepia sp.
R Adharyan Islamy
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Impact of an Immune Modulator Mycobacterium-w on Adaptive Natural Killer Cells and Protection Against COVID-19

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
The kinetics of NKG2C+ adaptive natural killer (ANK) cells and NKG2A+inhibitory NK (iNK) cells with respect to the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection were studied for 6 months in a cohort of healthcare workers following the administration of the heat ...
Sarita Rani Jaiswal   +13 more
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A novel immunosensor for the monitoring of PSA using binding of biotinylated antibody to the prostate specific antigen based on nano-ink modified flexible paper substrate: efficient method for diagnosis of cancer using biosensing technology

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
Prostate cancer is the most significant reason for deaths in men, outside of lung cancer. The clinical examination of cancer proteins or biomarkers is extremely significant in early examination and monitoring of recurrence of disease after treatment ...
Fatemeh Farshchi   +2 more
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Therapeutic effect of Sepia ink extract against invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in mice

open access: yesJournal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2014
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a life-threatening disease in immunocompromised patients that requires aggressive therapy. Because of the widespread use of antibiotics, corticosteroids, antitumor drugs, and immunosuppressive drugs, the ...
Sohair R. Fahmy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enterovirus 71 Antagonizes Antiviral Effects of Type III Interferon and Evades the Clearance of Intestinal Intraepithelial Lymphocytes

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the major pathogen causing severe neurological complications and hand, foot, and mouth disease. The intestinal mucosal immune system has a complete immune response and immune regulation mechanism, consisting of densely arranged ...
Yuanmin Dong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Imaging Cryptococcus spp. Capsule by Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy Using Percoll®

open access: yesBio-Protocol, 2019
The most important virulence factor in the Cryptococcus genus is the polysaccharide capsule. This genus includes several species that cause life-threatening invasive disease. An increase in capsule thickness is important during fungal infection.
Hugo Paes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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