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Kala azar (KA) is a lethal disease caused by Leishmania parasites (Leishmania donovani s.l.) that multiply in large numbers in deep organs such as spleen and liver. The host immunological response to these organisms is complex and experimental studies in animals have detected a large number of genetic loci involved in the control of infection and d...
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In the last 30 years, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation has become the treatment of choice for many hematologic malignancies or inherited disorders and a number of changes have been registered in terms of long-term survival rate of transplanted patients as well as of available sources of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC). In parallel to the public...
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Cancer epidemiology has undergone marked development since the 1950s. One of the most spectacular and specific contributions was the demonstration of the massive effect of smoking on the occurrence of lung, larynx, and bladder cancer. Major chemical, physical, and biological carcinogenic agents have been identified in the working environment and in...
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The autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by impairments in social interaction and stereotyped behaviors. For the majority of individuals with ASD, the causes of the disorder remain unknown; however, in up to 25% of cases, a genetic cause can be identified. Chromosomal rearrangements as well as rare and de novo copy-number variants are ...
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A strategy based upon the introduction of an adenovirus-SV40 plasmid into multipotential cells was designed to immortalize clones displaying properties of lineage stem cells. The murine 1C11 cell line behaves as a neuroepithelial progenitor. Upon appropriate induction, almost 100% of 1C11 precursor cells develop neurite extensions and convert into ...
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Cell therapy was born in 1968 with the first allogeneic transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells for two immune deficiency disorders: the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and the Severe Combined ImmunoDeficiency (SCID). From this pioneering experience, thousands of patients affected with inherited or acquired diseases of the hematopoietic system have be...
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Cell cultures represent versatile and useful experimental models of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. These models include chronically prion infected cell lines, as well as cultures expressing variable amounts of wild-type, mutated or chimeric prion proteins. These cultures have been widely used to investigate the biology of both the norma...
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