Langerhans cells (LCs) are bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DCs) that represent 2-3% of the entire cell population of the human skin, known to have an ability to present antigens to T lymphocytes.Moreover, there is evidence that LCs are probably capable of inducing the local cytotoxic type T-cell-mediated response against the tumour-associated

An accurate and rapid method, was devised for the identification and quantitation of dimethyl yellow dye in curry, based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry interfaced with electrospray.Mass spectral acquisition was done in positive Accessories ion mode applying two fragmentation transitions to provide a high degree of selectivity.The

Background: HIV cure-directed clinical trials using analytical treatment interruptions (ATIs) require participants to adhere to frequent monitoring visits for viral load tests.Novel viral load monitoring strategies are needed to decrease participant burden during ATIs.Objective: To Wheels examine acceptability of a novel home-based blood collection

Scent marking food resources is expected to enhance foraging efficiency reducing search time.Many social bees exhibit this behavior, but scent-marking is absent in social wasps, except for Vespa mandarinia.We tested for scent marking in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybia occidentalis.This wasp has moderately large colonies and utilizes resources that

Introduction: Tulsi is a popular healing herb in Ayurvedic medicine.It is widely used in the treatment of several systemic diseases because of its anti-microbial property.However, studies documenting the effect of Tulsi on oral disease causing organisms are rare.Hence, an attempt was made to determine the effect of Tulsi on a periodontal microorgan