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Effect of silybin and its glycosides on the expression of cytochromes P450 1A2 and 3A4 in primary cultures of human hepatocytes.
20.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University Olomouc, Hnevotinska 3, 77515 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Touch-down reverse transcriptase-PCR detection of IgV(H) rearrangement and Sybr-Green-based real-time RT-PCR quantitation of minimal residual disease in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
17.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech RepublicInstitute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic. pekova@img.cas.cz
Investigation of sanguinarine and chelerythrine effects on CYP1A1 expression and activity in human hepatoma cells.
17.3.2006 | Press monitoring
[Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University, Hnevotinska 3, 775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic.] Quaternary benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids (QBA) sanguinarine and chelerythrine exhibit a wide spectrum of biological activities whence they are used in dental care products. Recent studies indicated that...
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of thyroid cancer
16.3.2006 | Press monitoring
[Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Lekarska fakulta v Hradci Kralove, Klinika onkologie a radioterapie. vosmik@fnhk.cz] The main problem of the conventional radiotherapy in postoperative or curative irradiation in thyroid cancer is to achieve a sufficient dose in the planning target volume with acceptable dose distribution homogeneity and at the same...
The FUT1 and ESR genes--their variability and associations with reproduction in Prestice Black-Pied sows.
16.3.2006 | Press monitoring
[Department of Genetics, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno, Czech Republic. xhorak02@node.mendelu.cz] The determination of genetic variability by means of molecular genetic markers FUT1 and ESR2, and the evaluation of their associations with reproduction traits in population of Prestice Black-Pied sows have been...
Thermoluminescence and fluorescence study of changes in Photosystem II photochemistry in desiccating barley leaves.
16.3.2006 | Press monitoring
[Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Palacky University, tr. Svobody 26, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic] An effect of desiccation (a decrease of relative water content from 97% to 10% within 35 h) on Photosystem II was studied in barley leaf segments (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Akcent) using chlorophyll a fluorescence and...
Differential effects of selected natural compounds with anti-inflammatory activity on the glucocorticoid receptor and NF-kappaB in HeLa cells.
15.3.2006 | Press monitoring
[Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Palacky University Olomouc, Hnevotinska 3, 77515 Olomouc, Czech Republic]
Paging Mr. Chromosome
15.3.2006 | Press monitoring
A genetic study of British men finds a one in four chance that two strangers with the same last name share an ancestor.
Will Developing Countries be the Early Adopters of Genetically Engineered Forests?
15.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Although anticipation of a biotechnology revolution has led to expectations of high rates of adoption and substantial financial returns, one area that has been slow to develop is that of tree biotechnology, particularly genetically engineered (GE) trees designed for the production of wood for industrial purposes (e.g., lumber and...
Gene expression changes associated with progression and response in chronic myeloid leukemia
15.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a hematopoietic stem cell disease with distinct biological and clinical features.
