BACKGROUND
Use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infection (ARI) of presumed viral etiology is a worldwide problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided guidelines for diagnosis and… (More)
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of…
2009
PURPOSE
Tumor antigen-loaded dendritic cells (DC) are believed to activate antitumor immunity by stimulating T cells, and CTL-associated antigen 4 (CTLA4)-blocking antibodies should release a key… (More)
A system that can deliver multi-drugs at a prolonged rate is very important to the treatment of various chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. Two controlled-release systems,… (More)
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rm. 39-415, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA, alamo@mit.edu. Abstract  We have developed and deployed an online microelectronics characterization laboratory that… (More)
BACKGROUND
Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway plays an important role in sepsis, transducing a multitude of inflammatory signals. To date, knowledge of… (More)
We have developed a web-enabled remote laboratory (WebLab) for microelectronic device characterization. This system allows remote clients to communicate with a server and carry out real-time… (More)
OBJECTIVES
To examine the relationship between diabetes and impairments in functional and cognitive status as well as depression in older people.
DESIGN
Cross-sectional study.
SETTING
Elderly… (More)
Although terrestrial CO2 concentrations [CO2] are not expected to reach 1000 μmol mol−1 (or ppm) for many decades, CO2 levels in closed systems such as growth chambers and greenhouses can easily… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To investigate genes associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) screened with a novel cross-validation design.
METHODS
On the basis of age at the onset of the first episode of CHD,… (More)
Up to approximately 40% to 50% of patients discontinue thiopurine therapy during the course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We investigated the role of the metabolite thiopurine in IBD… (More)