all Morrisons recalls Market Street Living Herbs because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes By www.food.gov.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:00:00 +0100 Morrisons has taken the precautionary step of recalling Market Street Living Herbs because the products might contain Listeria monocytogenes. Full Article
all Updated: Unilever recalls Wall’s Mini Calippo multi-packs because they may contain small pieces of metal By www.food.gov.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:00:00 +0100 Unilever is recalling Wall’s Mini Calippo (Orange and Lemon-Lime) multi-packs because they may contain small pieces of metal. The presence of metal makes this product unsafe to eat. Full Article
all Purdue basketball drops OT thriller to Virginia By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 05:34:11 +0000 Purdue basketball faces Virginia in the Elite Eight Full Article
all Photo Gallery: Purdue falls to Minnesota 38-31 as comeback attempt falls short By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 23:00:08 +0000 A first half deficit proved too much to handle for the Boilermakers. Purdue also lost Elijah Sindelar and Rondale Moore to injury in the first half. Full Article
all This is the Purdue football 2018 schedule By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 01:14:18 +0000 Purdue Boilermakers play seven games in West Lafayette during the 2018 season, including their first four Full Article
all Purdue football offense needs to take big step in 2018 By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 18:00:37 +0000 After leaning on their defense in 2017, the Boilermakers will need more from their offense in coach Jeff Brohm's second season Full Article
all Purdue baseball hires Seattle's Elliott Cribby as pitching coach By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:09:57 +0000 Prior to joining the Boilermakers, Elliott Cribby served as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Seattle University. Full Article
all Thompson: Who wore Nos. 1-5 best in Purdue football? By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:02:32 +0000 Journal & Courier sports editor Ken Thompson makes his choices of which Purdue football players wore Nos. 1 through 5 the best. Who would you choose? Full Article
all Former Purdue forward Vincent Edwards officially signs with Houston Rockets By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 22:18:49 +0000 Vincent Edwards signed with the Houston Rockets on Thursday, per the team. Full Article
all Purdue basketball recruiting target Brandon Newman going extra mile for improvement By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sat, 07 Jul 2018 17:49:29 +0000 Brandon Newman's stock rose considerably in the past six months. The 2019 guard from Valparaiso will play at Montverde (Florida) Academy as a senior. Full Article
all Purdue's Carsen Edwards named top returning player in college basketball By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 18:20:12 +0000 Carsen Edwards led Purdue in scoring last season and was named an All-American. Full Article
all Purdue basketball enters July evaluation period with 2019 recruiting foundation in place By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:58:30 +0000 Purdue coach Matt Painter and staff will explore the July evaluation period over the next three weeks. But the recruiting foundation for 2019 is set. Full Article
all 2018's best Indiana college football matchups By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:52:48 +0000 Games involving Notre Dame, Purdue and Indiana could have a lot at stake this season. Full Article
all West Lafayette grad Luke Staton gambles on himself with Purdue football walk-on spot By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:15:30 +0000 The Red Devil linebacker will join the Boilermakers in the fall. Full Article
all Purdue basketball opens Charleston Classic against Appalachian State By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:15:44 +0000 The Boilermakers open the 2018 ESPN Charleston Classic against Appalachian State, with the winner facing Davidson or Wichita State. Full Article
all Where locals land on new basketball prospect rankings for 2019 and 2020 By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:08:02 +0000 A look at where locals land on new national lists Full Article
all Purdue men's basketball career scoring leaders By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:40:07 +0000 Top 10 scorers in Purdue men's basketball history Full Article
all IndyStar sports app: The best coverage of your favorite Indiana teams, all in one place By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:32:42 +0000 Now you can read all of IndyStar's sports content in one place with our free INSports app. Full Article
all From Notre Dame to the Monon Bell: Ranking Indiana's top 50 college football games in 2018 By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:42:23 +0000 From Notre Dame to the Monon Bell. We rank Indiana's top 50 college football games in 2018. Full Article
all Purdue basketball alum Caleb Swanigan leads Portland back to NBA Summer League finals By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:47:14 +0000 Caleb Swanigan's 21 points and 16 rebounds led Portland to a semifinal victory over Memphis. Full Article
all Purdue football offseason notes | More trick plays in 2018? By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 03:06:41 +0000 Tracking the Boilermakers throughout the offseason Full Article
all Raw video shows officer using pepper balls while making an arrest during a protest By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:09:40 +0000 Indianapolis police arrested a man on Saturday near the location of the fatal police shooting of Dreasjon "Sean" Reed days earlier. Full Article
all 'What life was all about for him was family': Remembering Dennis Barrett, who had COVID-19 By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:05:00 +0000 Dennis Barrett, an east Indianapolis native, died of the coronavirus in March. His wife remembers him as a devoted father and ambitious entrepreneur. Full Article
all Demonstrators describe arrest and pepper ball deployment during protest By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 01:52:19 +0000 Demonstrators describe an arrest and pepper ball use by IMPD during a protest over the death of Dreasjon Reed near 62nd Street and Michigan Road. Full Article
all Police use pepper balls while arresting man during protest of fatal police shooting By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 01:55:05 +0000 Indianapolis police arrested a man on Saturday near the location of the fatal police shooting of Dreasjon "Sean" Reed days earlier. Full Article
all Richard Stallman Joins Discussion About Changing Emacs' Appearance To Make It More Popular By rss.slashdot.org Published On :: 2020-05-09T23:34:00+00:00 Emacs "predates Linux, and was once far more popular," writes LWN.net, while adding that the text editor "has fallen into relative obscurity over the years." Then it reports on a "mega-thread" on the emacs-devel mailing list about how to make Emacs more appealing and attractive to users: The discussion started with a post from "ndame" asking why Emacs is "so square"; the appearance of things like buttons could be improved with rounded corners, they said. Richard Stallman, one of the original authors of Emacs, seemed somewhat dismissive in his reply: "Perhaps we should implement a mode that puts cosmetics on Emacs so it will appeal to those who judge by the surface of things." But Stefan Kangas thought there was more to it than that: I think it's unfortunate if we assume that this is all bells and whistles. Graphical design elements can also improve usability. I also don't know that it's helpful to assume that the rest of the world will take the enlightened stance.... He wondered if there was "any reason not to improve the default look". Stallman said that there are some technical barriers in finding someone interested in and capable of doing the work needed, but there is an overarching problem that needs to be addressed first: The code to interface Emacs to X-based GUIs needs rewriting by an expert, and has needed it for decades. Until it gets that rewrite, changes in it are likely to break something. Stallman did agree that the graphical design could improve usability, "but I have a feeling that the changes that would help are deeper issues than the shape of corners". It was a long and interesting discussion, touching on the popularity of both Vim and Visual Studio Code, while another post questioned whether Emacs should even be prioritizing its menu bar and tool bar. One post suggested "starter kits" to make the text editor more friendly to newcomers, another suggested making Cntrl-C cut-and-paste the default key binding, and one asked whether it was Emacs' terminology and keyboard shortcuts that might be confusing to users coming from Microsoft Word. "You are basically making a commitment to being or becoming a power user..." argued another post. "If you just want to do 'casual' text editing emacs is a very weird choice in 2020." Read more of this story at Slashdot. Full Article
all Coronavirus: TikTok challenge lifting zookeepers' spirits By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:56:20 GMT Zookeepers are sharing a new challenge to help lift their spirits during the coronavirus lockdown. Full Article
all Messi or Ronaldo? Your best Ballon d'Or winner of Premier League era revealed By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:55:34 GMT In the latest MOTD podcast the experts discussed the top 10 Ballon d'Or winners of the Premier League era - and here's how you ranked them. Full Article
all Kingston officially clear of positive COVID-19 cases By ottawa.ctvnews.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 13:53:00 -0400 Kingston’s top health officials say that there are no current cases of COVID-19 active in the city. Full Article
all Dresden put entire squad in isolation - a week before German football restarts By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 19:37:51 GMT Dynamo Dresden, who play in the second tier of German Football, have put their entire squad and coaching staff into two-week isolation after recording two new coronavirus cases. Full Article
all Coronavirus: Call for public inquiry into BAME death risk By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:08:29 GMT More than 70 public figures sign an open letter to the prime minister calling for more transparency. Full Article
all News24.com | Haroon Bhorat: Economic fallout is ferocious, but health crisis must be focus By www.news24.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:47:32 +0200 Ultimately, there are no easy solutions to reigniting a Covid-19 affected economy. It is evident, however, that addressing the public health crisis is non-negotiable, writes Haroon Bhorat. Full Article
all Army and Navy closing for good due to challenges from pandemic By edmonton.ctvnews.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 15:21:00 -0600 A Canadian department store chain is calling it quits after more than a century in business. Full Article
all Sport24.co.za | Google honours Asian trailblazer Frank Soo, England's 'forgotten footballer' By www.sport24.co.za Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:32:25 +0200 Frank Soo, the first and only player of Asian heritage to represent England's national football team, has been honoured by Google. Full Article
all No throwing rice or extra guests permitted – but you can have a COVID-19 'micro-wedding' at Vancouver city hall By bc.ctvnews.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 14:31:00 -0700 The city says couples can book its Helena Gutteridge Plaza at City Hall for just $85 and bring eight guests to have an outdoor, physically distant wedding ceremony. Full Article
all Bo Xilai: Rise and Fall By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:18:27 +0000 6 September 2013 Professor Kerry Brown Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme @Bkerrychina LinkedIn Google Scholar It is one of the tritest statements about politics in China, one sometimes heard from the mouths of retired senior diplomats: 'all the Communist Party of China cares about is power.' Things like this make it clear that whatever the key qualities that senior diplomats in most cultures need, some capacity for deeper questioning and reflection is not amongst them. Functionally, of course, the statement is right. The Communist Party is focused on power, and regards a monopoly on power as its key objective. But there are many different kinds of power, and many different ways to exercise it. And for a perfect illustration of this, the fall and sentencing of Bo Xilai offers great insights. Destined for politicsHad there been a menu of the things that the most perfectly placed leader of the Communist Party needed in the second decade of the twenty first century to be promoted and successful, then Bo had it: sterling elite family links in a highly tribal and networked system through his father, Bo Yibo, one of the great founding immortals; excellent provincial leadership records, in both Liaoning and then Chongqing, in a system where the road to Beijing lies through China's provinces; great charisma and communicative ability, shown in the way he managed to impress visiting foreign dignitaries and in the disgruntled sounds that came from some members of the public after his fall. But beyond all these, Bo had something much more important, and much rarer in Chinese modern politics: a political vision which differentiated him from his colleagues. It was this, perhaps more than anything else, that meant when they had the weapons to attack, his enemies, who were numerous and highly threatened by his individualistic behaviour, could go for the kill. Modern China is blighted by a great contradiction. It is in one moment both rich and poor. This has been widely acknowledged, both inside and outside the country. Its status as a rich poor country creates great challenges for policy makers and politicians. It is one they have been addressing through creating more access to public goods, more empowerment policies through investment in education and poverty relief, and more focus on addressing the urban and rural divide. Bo's prescription however was a uniquely popularist one. His social housing campaign in Chongqing was the most sustained effort to allow citizens in a city in China to have a realistic shot at being homeowners. He looked precariously close to threatening some immense areas of vested interest in the construction sector, and his anti-mafia campaign, while brutal and controversial, had an element that appealed to a popularist sense of social justice. At least this time, many thought, a government leader was taking on people who were dabbling in their own form of violence rather than picking on migrants and rural protestors. Bo made policy attack on inequality part of his persona in Chongqing, and in effect turned the tables on those who had lobbied for him to be sent there in 2007 as a means to sideline him. He made national and international headlines, and, it should be remembered, secured vociferous support from visiting national leaders, amongst them a highly enthusiastic Xi Jinping who went to Chongqing in 2010 and gave the city a ringing endorsement – and, by association, Bo's style of leadership. For all the court drama and dark intrigue on show in Jinan in August, the criminal charges that were brought against Bo cannot deflect from the power issues above. Power in China is not the uniform, never-changing monolithic entity or quality that diplomats lazily refer to – but something like a form of energy, or a currency, which can mutate, change, and dissipate in ways which are often hard, and sometimes even impossible, to understand. DownfallThe final image of Bo is of a man allowed a voice one final time to defend himself on the narrow criminal charges. It was also of someone who knew that on the bigger political issues he had been brought down by, there was no point in trying to speak out. His political death sentence had been delivered during this fall from grace the year before. Someone weaned, nurtured, and trained to exercise power had what they most desired and felt suited for taken away when it was just within their reach. Since then, there was little else to do but tidy up. And that, in Jinan, is precisely what happened. To comment on this article, please contact Chatham House Feedback Full Article
all Assessing the danger of war: parallels and differences between Europe in 1914 and East Asia in 2014 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:11:53 +0000 12 November 2014 , Volume 90, Number 6 Joachim Krause Full Article
all Is China Finally Overtaking the United States? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:15:01 +0000 Members Event 9 June 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm Chatham House, London Transcriptpdf | 136.67 KB Transcript: Q&Apdf | 132.72 KB Event participants Professor Joseph S Nye, University Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard Kennedy School of GovernmentChair: Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times Long predicted, many observers now think that China has or is about to become more powerful than the United States on the global stage. Joseph Nye will explore the facts behind these beliefs and question if the century of American centrality in the global balance of power is at an end.LIVE STREAM: This event will be live streamed. The live stream will be made available at 18:00 BST on Tuesday 9 June.ASK A QUESTION: We will endeavour to ensure that questions are put to the speaker from our online audience as well as from the audience in the auditorium. Questions can be sent in advance via email to questions@chathamhouse.org and during the event on Twitter using #CHEvents.This event will be followed by a reception. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL AND REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED. Event attributes Livestream Members Events Team Email Full Article
all Is it really possible to rank a website on Google in 3 months? By forums.digitalpoint.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:09:08 +0000 Full Article
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all The federal government finally announced initial plans to distribute Gilead's coronavirus drug remdesivir after days of confusion By news.yahoo.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:16:00 -0400 The government said it's distributing the promising coronavirus drug, remdesivir, to some hard-hit states. Eventually, all 50 states should get it. Full Article
all Affinity maturation, humanization, and co-crystallization of a rabbit anti-human ROR2 monoclonal antibody for therapeutic applications [Immunology] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T00:06:09-07:00 Antibodies are widely used as cancer therapeutics, but their current use is limited by the low number of antigens restricted to cancer cells. A receptor tyrosine kinase, receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 2 (ROR2), is normally expressed only during embryogenesis and is tightly down-regulated in postnatal healthy tissues. However, it is up-regulated in a diverse set of hematologic and solid malignancies, thus ROR2 represents a candidate antigen for antibody-based cancer therapy. Here we describe the affinity maturation and humanization of a rabbit mAb that binds human and mouse ROR2 but not human ROR1 or other human cell-surface antigens. Co-crystallization of the parental rabbit mAb in complex with the human ROR2 kringle domain (hROR2-Kr) guided affinity maturation by heavy-chain complementarity-determining region 3 (HCDR3)-focused mutagenesis and selection. The affinity-matured rabbit mAb was then humanized by complementarity-determining region (CDR) grafting and framework fine tuning and again co-crystallized with hROR2-Kr. We show that the affinity-matured and humanized mAb retains strong affinity and specificity to ROR2 and, following conversion to a T cell–engaging bispecific antibody, has potent cytotoxicity toward ROR2-expressing cells. We anticipate that this humanized affinity-matured mAb will find application for antibody-based cancer therapy of ROR2-expressing neoplasms. Full Article
all Three distinct glycosylation pathways are involved in the decoration of Lactococcus lactis cell wall glycopolymers [Microbiology] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T00:06:05-07:00 Extracytoplasmic sugar decoration of glycopolymer components of the bacterial cell wall contributes to their structural diversity. Typically, the molecular mechanism that underpins such a decoration process involves a three-component glycosylation system (TGS) represented by an undecaprenyl-phosphate (Und-P) sugar-activating glycosyltransferase (Und-P GT), a flippase, and a polytopic glycosyltransferase (PolM GT) dedicated to attaching sugar residues to a specific glycopolymer. Here, using bioinformatic analyses, CRISPR-assisted recombineering, structural analysis of cell wall–associated polysaccharides (CWPS) through MALDI-TOF MS and methylation analysis, we report on three such systems in the bacterium Lactococcus lactis. On the basis of sequence similarities, we first identified three gene pairs, csdAB, csdCD, and csdEF, each encoding an Und-P GT and a PolM GT, as potential TGS component candidates. Our experimental results show that csdAB and csdCD are involved in Glc side-chain addition on the CWPS components rhamnan and polysaccharide pellicle (PSP), respectively, whereas csdEF plays a role in galactosylation of lipoteichoic acid (LTA). We also identified a potential flippase encoded in the L. lactis genome (llnz_02975, cflA) and confirmed that it participates in the glycosylation of the three cell wall glycopolymers rhamnan, PSP, and LTA, thus indicating that its function is shared by the three TGSs. Finally, we observed that glucosylation of both rhamnan and PSP can increase resistance to bacteriophage predation and that LTA galactosylation alters L. lactis resistance to bacteriocin. Full Article
all Development of a novel {beta}-1,6-glucan-specific detection system using functionally-modified recombinant endo-{beta}-1,6-glucanase [Methods and Resources] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T00:06:05-07:00 β-1,3-d-Glucan is a ubiquitous glucose polymer produced by plants, bacteria, and most fungi. It has been used as a diagnostic tool in patients with invasive mycoses via a highly-sensitive reagent consisting of the blood coagulation system of horseshoe crab. However, no method is currently available for measuring β-1,6-glucan, another primary β-glucan structure of fungal polysaccharides. Herein, we describe the development of an economical and highly-sensitive and specific assay for β-1,6-glucan using a modified recombinant endo-β-1,6-glucanase having diminished glucan hydrolase activity. The purified β-1,6-glucanase derivative bound to the β-1,6-glucan pustulan with a KD of 16.4 nm. We validated the specificity of this β-1,6-glucan probe by demonstrating its ability to detect cell wall β-1,6-glucan from both yeast and hyphal forms of the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans, without any detectable binding to glucan lacking the long β-1,6-glucan branch. We developed a sandwich ELISA-like assay with a low limit of quantification for pustulan (1.5 pg/ml), and we successfully employed this assay in the quantification of extracellular β-1,6-glucan released by >250 patient-derived strains of different Candida species (including Candida auris) in culture supernatant in vitro. We also used this assay to measure β-1,6-glucan in vivo in the serum and in several organs in a mouse model of systemic candidiasis. Our work describes a reliable method for β-1,6-glucan detection, which may prove useful for the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections. Full Article
all Glycation-mediated inter-protein cross-linking is promoted by chaperone-client complexes of {alpha}-crystallin: Implications for lens aging and presbyopia [Glycobiology and Extracellular Matrices] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-24T06:08:45-07:00 Lens proteins become increasingly cross-linked through nondisulfide linkages during aging and cataract formation. One mechanism that has been implicated in this cross-linking is glycation through formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Here, we found an age-associated increase in stiffness in human lenses that was directly correlated with levels of protein–cross-linking AGEs. α-Crystallin in the lens binds to other proteins and prevents their denaturation and aggregation through its chaperone-like activity. Using a FRET-based assay, we examined the stability of the αA-crystallin–γD-crystallin complex for up to 12 days and observed that this complex is stable in PBS and upon incubation with human lens–epithelial cell lysate or lens homogenate. Addition of 2 mm ATP to the lysate or homogenate did not decrease the stability of the complex. We also generated complexes of human αA-crystallin or αB-crystallin with alcohol dehydrogenase or citrate synthase by applying thermal stress. Upon glycation under physiological conditions, the chaperone–client complexes underwent greater extents of cross-linking than did uncomplexed protein mixtures. LC-MS/MS analyses revealed that the levels of cross-linking AGEs were significantly higher in the glycated chaperone–client complexes than in glycated but uncomplexed protein mixtures. Mouse lenses subjected to thermal stress followed by glycation lost resilience more extensively than lenses subjected to thermal stress or glycation alone, and this loss was accompanied by higher protein cross-linking and higher cross-linking AGE levels. These results uncover a protein cross-linking mechanism in the lens and suggest that AGE-mediated cross-linking of α-crystallin–client complexes could contribute to lens aging and presbyopia. Full Article
all Inhibition of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis reverts multidrug resistance by differentially modulating ABC transporters in chronic myeloid leukemias [Cell Biology] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T03:41:14-07:00 Multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer arises from cross-resistance to structurally- and functionally-divergent chemotherapeutic drugs. In particular, MDR is characterized by increased expression and activity of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily transporters. Sphingolipids are substrates of ABC proteins in cell signaling, membrane biosynthesis, and inflammation, for example, and their products can favor cancer progression. Glucosylceramide (GlcCer) is a ubiquitous glycosphingolipid (GSL) generated by glucosylceramide synthase, a key regulatory enzyme encoded by the UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferase (UGCG) gene. Stressed cells increase de novo biosynthesis of ceramides, which return to sub-toxic levels after UGCG mediates incorporation into GlcCer. Given that cancer cells seem to mobilize UGCG and have increased GSL content for ceramide clearance, which ultimately contributes to chemotherapy failure, here we investigated how inhibition of GSL biosynthesis affects the MDR phenotype of chronic myeloid leukemias. We found that MDR is associated with higher UGCG expression and with a complex GSL profile. UGCG inhibition with the ceramide analog d-threo-1-(3,4,-ethylenedioxy)phenyl-2-palmitoylamino-3-pyrrolidino-1-propanol (EtDO-P4) greatly reduced GSL and monosialotetrahexosylganglioside levels, and co-treatment with standard chemotherapeutics sensitized cells to mitochondrial membrane potential loss and apoptosis. ABC subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1) expression was reduced, and ABCC-mediated efflux activity was modulated by competition with nonglycosylated ceramides. Consistently, inhibition of ABCC-mediated transport reduced the efflux of exogenous C6-ceramide. Overall, UGCG inhibition impaired the malignant glycophenotype of MDR leukemias, which typically overcomes drug resistance through distinct mechanisms. This work sheds light on the involvement of GSL in chemotherapy failure, and its findings suggest that targeted GSL modulation could help manage MDR leukemias. Full Article
all Re: Covid-19: Brazil’s president rallies supporters against social distancing By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Saturday, May 9, 2020 - 17:51 Full Article
all Call for a review of services for people with neurological disorders By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 15:35 Full Article