▪ Abstract Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have emerged as the predominant eating
disorders. We review the recent research evidence pertaining to the development of these …

Proline (Pro) accumulation is a common physiological response in many plants in response
to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses. Controversy has surrounded the possible role(…

Plants constantly sense the changes in their environment; when mineral elements are
scarce, they often allocate a greater proportion of their biomass to the root system. This …

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the
widespread development of distinctive tumors termed hamartomas. TSC-determining loci …

Background Effective targeted treatment is unavailable for most sarcomas and doxorubicin
and ifosfamide—which have been used to treat soft-tissue sarcoma for more than 30 years—…

The NO 2 absorption cross-section has been measured from 42 000 to 10 000 cm −1 (238–1000
nm) with a Fourier transform spectrometer (at the resolution of 2 cm −1 , 0.01 nm at 240 …

… These species diverged c. 5 million yr ago and they show c. 94% nucleotide identity within
… 20 million yr ago and share c. 88% nucleotide identity in coding regions (van de Mortel et al., …

The metalloid arsenic and the heavy metal cadmium have no demonstrated biological
function in plants. Both elements are highly toxic and of major concern with respect to their …

Background Moderate-to-severe hemophilia B is treated with lifelong, continuous coagulation
factor IX replacement to prevent bleeding. Gene therapy for hemophilia B aims to establish …

CAELYX®/DOXIL®, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, has shown antitumour activity and
reduced toxicity compared with standard doxorubicin in other tumour types. In this prospective …