RADIOSENSITIVITY AND INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS BY HIGH LET CARBON ION BEAM AND LOW LET GAMMA RADIATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Radiosensitivity and Induction of Apoptosis by High LET Carbon Ion Beam and Low LET Gamma Radiation: A Comparative Study

Cancer treatment with high LET heavy ion beam, especially, carbon ion beam (12C), is becoming very popular over conventional radiotherapy like low LET gamma or X-ray.Combination Round Cocktail Table of Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor with xenotoxic drugs or conventional radiation (gamma or X-ray) is the newer approach for cancer therap

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Codon usage in twelve species of Drosophila

Abstract Background Codon usage bias (CUB), the uneven use of synonymous codons, is a ubiquitous observation in virtually all organisms examined.The pattern of codon usage is generally similar among closely related species, but differs significantly among distantly related organisms, e.g., bacteria, yeast, and Drosophila.Several explanations for CU

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SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE AND ABANDONMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE

Objective: To understand the perception of the elderly regarding physical violence, psychological violence, and abandonment.Method: A cross-sectional, descriptive study with a qualitative approach based on the Theory of Social Representations.Developed with Storage elderly people registered at a Basic Health Unit in Campina Grande-PB, Brazil, betwe

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