Murine lymphoid cell lines and rat thymocytes treatedin vitro with glucocorticoid hormones
provide a convenient system for studying the nuclear changes in apoptosis. Morphologically …

Snake venom has been hypothesized to have originated and diversified through a process
that involves duplication of genes encoding body proteins with subsequent recruitment of the …

In vivo, apoptotic cells are swiftly recognized by phagocytes, presumably because of
changes on their surface. This article describes surface changes in rat cortical thymocytes …

The identification of apparently conserved gene complements in the venom and salivary
glands of a diverse set of reptiles led to the development of the Toxicofera hypothesis – the …

Background Rapid access chest pain clinics have facilitated the early diagnosis and
treatment of patients with coronary heart disease and angina. Despite this important service …

Portable DNA sequencers such as the Oxford Nanopore MinION device have the potential
to be truly disruptive technologies, facilitating new approaches and analyses and, in some …

Background Understanding the evolution of the vertebrate pancreas is key to understanding
its functions. The chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays) have often …

Objective: to examine the effects and feasibility of educating and empowering older people
with ischaemic heart disease using trained senior lay health mentors. Design: randomised …

The sand rat Psammomys obesus is a gerbil species native to deserts of North Africa and
the Middle East, and is constrained in its ecology because high carbohydrate diets induce …

Recombination increases the local GC-content in genomic regions through GC-biased
gene conversion (gBGC). The recent discovery of a large genomic region with extreme GC-…