State of competition: conceptual shoehorning behind priority on calcitonin precursor biosynthesis by Enrique Wulff

“…Irrespectively of political circumstances, the paper is focused on the competition between two different approaches in science particularly important for progress in medicine: the perspective presented by experimental studies in basic sciences (in animals) and the models developed in clinical sciences. …”
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Epidemiology of Pediatric Bite/Sting Injuries. One-Year Study of a Pediatric Emergency Department in Israel by Michal Hemmo-Lotem, Yoav Barnea, Claudia Jinich-Aronowitz, Liri Endy-Findling, David Leshem, Arik Zaretski, Joav Merrick

“…Animal bite/sting injuries are a known source of morbidity with a significantly higher incidence among children who are most often bitten in the face, head, and neck. …”
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Passive Immunoprophylaxis for the Protection of the Mother and Her Baby: Insights from In Vivo Models of Antibody Transport by Yanqun Xu, Iftekhar Mahmood, Lilin Zhong, Pei Zhang, Evi B. Struble

“…The use of appropriate animal models of placental transfer and infectious disease during pregnancy would facilitate pharmacokinetic modeling to derive a starting dose in clinical trials.…”
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Effect of platelet-rich plasma on angiogenic and regenerative properties in patients with critical limb ischemia by Hamid Tanzadehpanah, Sima Nobari, Ava Jalalian Hoseini, Farzaneh Ghotbani, Mohsen Mehrabzadeh, Jamal Jalili shahri, Amirreza Alipour, Mohsen Sheykhhasan, Hamed Manoochehri, Susan Darroudi, Hanie Mahaki

“…PRP-derived growth factors have shown promising results in treating CLI, but well-controlled human research is scarce despite positive animal studies.…”
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Glutaraldehyde-Polymerized Hemerythrin: Evaluation of Performance as an Oxygen Carrier in Hemorrhage Models by Anca D. Stoica, Vlad-Al. Toma, Ioana Roman, Bogdan Sevastre, Florina Scurtu, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu

“…We have previously proposed replacing hemoglobin (Hb) in HBOC with the oxygen-carrying protein hemerythrin (Hr), from marine worms, showing that Hr-based derivatives can perform at least as well or even better than Hb-based HBOC in a range of in vitro assays involving oxidative and nitrosative stress as well as in top-up animal models, where small amounts of Hr- or Hb-HBOC were injected into rats. …”
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Role of the ventral portion of intermediate arcopallium in stability of female Bengalese finch song preferences by Austin Coulter, Jonathan F. Prather

“…Together with previous results that also demonstrate a role for the auditory areas that converge onto AIV, these findings extend the experimental tractability of this emerging animal model of sensory perception and decision making.…”
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Driver lines for studying associative learning in Drosophila by Yichun Shuai, Megan Sammons, Gabriella R Sterne, Karen L Hibbard, He Yang, Ching-Po Yang, Claire Managan, Igor Siwanowicz, Tzumin Lee, Gerald M Rubin, Glenn C Turner, Yoshinori Aso

“…Leveraging the thousands of confocal microscopy images associated with the collection, we analyzed neuronal morphological stereotypy and discovered that one set of mushroom body output neurons, MBON08/MBON09, exhibits striking individuality and asymmetry across animals. In conjunction with the EM connectome maps, the driver lines reported here offer a powerful resource for functional dissection of neural circuits for associative learning in adult Drosophila.…”
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Therapeutic Benefit of Dillenia indica in Diabetes and Its Associated Complications by Parul Kamboj, Narayan C. Talukdar, Sanjay K. Banerjee

“…Further well-designed animal and human studies are needed to confirm the role of Dillenia indica in diabetes and its associated complications.…”
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Evaluation of the biocompatibility of various self-adhesive resin cements on subcutaneous connective tissue: An in vivo study by Anıl Gerçek, Emre Barış, Bilge Turhan Bal

“…Quantitative assessments of inflammatory cells were performed in 5 different areas of each specimen. Results: All animals survive during the follow-up periods except two rats. …”
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Investigation of Trypanosoma evansi in Sumatran Elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Indonesia Using Various Methods by Kartika Purnamasari, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Muhammad Tauhid Nursalim, Lucia Tri Suwanti, Agnes Theresia Soelih Estoepangestie

“…One of the susceptible animals is the Sumatran elephant, which is included in the endangered species category. …”
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The peculiar characteristics and advancement in diagnostic methodologies of influenza A virus by Muhammad Asif Raza, Muhammad Asif Raza, Muhammad Awais Ashraf, Muhammad Awais Ashraf, Muhammad Nabeel Amjad, Muhammad Nabeel Amjad, Ghayyas Ud Din, Ghayyas Ud Din, Bei Shen, Yihong Hu, Yihong Hu

“…Influenza A virus has a vast reservoir, including wild birds, pigs, horses, domestic and marine animals. It has over 130 subtypes based on differences in hemagglutinin and neuraminidase protein. …”
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Measuring Response to Therapy by Near-Infrared Imaging of Tumors Using a Phosphatidylserine-Targeting Antibody Fragment by Jian Gong, Richard Archer, Michael Brown, Seth Fisher, Connie Chang, Matthew Peacock, Christopher Hughes, Bruce Freimark

“…Tumor uptake of PGN650 was significantly higher in animals pretreated with docetaxel. The peak tumor to normal tissue (T/N) ratio of probe was observed at 24 hours postinjection of probe, and tumor binding was detected for at least 120 hours. …”
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Reproductive effects of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) deficiency in mice by S. O. Maslennikova, G. V. Kontsevaya, M. A. Zolotykh, M. V. Anisimova, N. A. Feofanova, M. P. Moshkin, S. A. Nedospasov, L. A. Gerlinskaya

“…Still higher levels were observed in knockout animals, which led to increase in the number of immature spermatozoids in epididymides.…”
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Are Alum-Based Drinking Water Treatment Residuals Safe for Land Application? by Jonathan D. Judy, Maria L. Silveira, Sampson Agyin-Birikorang, George A. O'Connor

“…This 8-page document explores possible effects of land-applying Al-WTR on the environment and recommends practices to minimize environmental or human and animal health risk. Target audiences include state agencies like FDEP, FDACS, water management districts trying to use Al-WTR to control P pollution, and those interested in nutrient management for environmental purposes. …”
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IL-21 Receptor Expression in Human Tendinopathy by Abigail L. Campbell, Nicola C. Smith, James H. Reilly, Shauna C. Kerr, William J. Leach, Umberto G. Fazzi, Brian P. Rooney, George A. C. Murrell, Neal L. Millar

“…Increasing evidence points toward an early inflammatory infiltrate and associated inflammatory cytokine production in human and animal models of tendon disease. The IL-21/IL-21R axis is a proinflammatory cytokine complex that has been associated with chronic inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. …”
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Canine Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Dissemination and Tissue Tropism of Genetically Distinct Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis Populations by Guilherme Marx de Oliveira, Maria de Fátima Madeira, Fernanda Santos Oliveira, Marize Quinhones Pires, Raquel da Silva Pacheco

“…(V.) braziliensis populations with identical genetic profiles were observed in popliteal and cervical lymph nodes of the same animal. Our results indicate that infection in dogs can be manifested by dissemination and tissue tropism of genetically distinct populations of L. …”
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In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Optical Imaging Comparison of Viable and Nonviable Mesenchymal Stem Cells with a Bifunctional Label by Elizabeth Jane Sutton, Tobias D. Henning, Sophie Boddington, Stavros Demos, Christian Krug, Reinhardt Meier, John Kornak, Shoujun Zhao, Rick Baehner, Sheida Sharifi, Heike Daldrup-Link

“…Six rats with arthritis received intra-articular injections of bilabeled viable MSCs into the right knee and nonviable MSCs into the left knee. Animals underwent MRI and OI preinjection and at 4, 24, 48, and 72 hours postinjection. …”
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El mercado de la carne de bovino en México, 1970-2011 by Joaquín Cruz Jiménez, Roberto Carlos García Sánchez

“…La proteína animal es básica en la dieta de los mexicanos y las fuentes principales son carne de ave, bovina y porcina. …”
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The “Trojan Horse” Approach to Tumor Immunotherapy: Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment by Delia Nelson, Scott Fisher, Bruce Robinson

“…This review summarises how immune events within a tumour can be modified by local approaches, how this can affect systemic antitumor immunity such that distal sites are attacked, and what approaches have been proven most successful so far in animals and patients.…”
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Postures épistémiques d’enseignants-tuteurs en contexte d’apprentissage par problèmes (APP) : les cas de la médecine et du génie by Christelle Lison, Denis Bédard

“…This is also consistent with the style of animation (Vierset, Bédard & Foidart, 2009) they put in place during the two PBL meetings.…”
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