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Two tissue transplant professionals and 13 tissue and cornea donors will be honored on the 2021 Donate Life floral sculpture, “Community of Life,” which will be part of the Tournament of Roses’ 2021 TV special, “The Rose Parade’s New Year Celebration presented by Honda,” airing on New Year’s Day.
The 2021 Donate Life floral sculpture, “Community of Life” is the centerpiece of a national effort to reach a broad audience with the powerful message that organ, eye and tissue donation saves and heals lives. The cornea and tissue donors represented on the 2021 Donate Life floral sculpture include men, women and children whose generous gifts have healed hundreds of grateful recipients who have regained their sight, restored mobility, healed their burns or overall enjoy a better quality of life, thanks to cornea and tissue transplants.
New research identifies key system in C. difficile that regulates the pathogen’s virulence
Washington, D.C. – December 22, 2020 – A new study has shown that 2 genes within
Clostridium difficile, AgrB1 and AgrD1, are involved in multiple functions, including the ability of the organism to form spores, move and produce toxin. The study, published in
mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, provides clues as to how researchers could manipulate
C. difficile and its ability to infect people.
“From a very basic bacteriology standpoint, it’s somewhat of a novel discovery that this system is involved in so many different events at one time,” said Jimmy Ballard, PhD, professor and chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, and principal investigator of the study. “Agr can be targeted with drugs and other methods to inhibit its activity and prevent the organism
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IMAGE: Elvira Isganaitis, MD, is a staff physician at Joslin Diabetes Center and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School view more
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BOSTON - (December 02, 2020) - A lipid metabolite called 12,13-diHOME is in human breast milk and appears to be associated with beneficial infant weight gain and body composition in the early postnatal period. Moreover, maternal fitness, specifically exercise, appears to boost levels of the metabolite in breast milk and so might benefit their offspring. This finding was published online by The
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
The authors of the study propose that 12,13-diHOME, as well as linked pathway metabolites from breast milk, have a protective effect against obesity development in offspring. They also suggest that a single bout of maternal exercise may boost levels of the metabolite in breast milk and that may translate into benefits for offspring in terms
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During this webinar you will be introduced to bioactive peptides and their opportunities to enhance your swine or poultry nutritional programs. You will have the opportunity to listen to Mike Azain and Woo Kim from the University of Georgia, and then TsungCheng Tsai from the University of Arkansas. During the presentations you will learn about the absorption and amino acid bioavailability-enhancing properties of peptides, the benefits of peptides in disease challenges and the natural benefits of peptides in supporting the immune system and microbiome of livestock.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- Absorption of peptides and AA how they work together
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