Aging is associated with a decline in immune function (immunosenescence), a situation
known to correlate with increased incidence of cancer, infectious and degenerative …

Melatonin, a neurohormone produced mainly by the pineal gland, is a modulator of
haemopoiesis and of immune cell production and function, both in vivo and in vitro …

Bone lining cells (BLC's) cover inactive (nonremodeling) bone surfaces, particularly evident
in the adult skeleton. BLC's are thinly extended over bone surfaces, have flat or slightly …

Heterokaryons provide a model system in which to examine how tissue-specific phenotypes
arise and are maintained. When muscle cells are fused with nonmuscle cells, muscle gene …

Importance A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that more
persons die at home. This has been cited as evidence that persons dying in the United …

Signaling pathways that respond to DNA damage are essential for the maintenance of
genome stability and are linked to many diseases, including cancer. Here, a genome-wide …

Background RNA interference (RNAi) is a highly conserved cellular mechanism. In some
organisms, such as Caenorhabditis elegans, the RNAi response can be transmitted …

Nursing home care is currently a two‐tiered system. The lower tier consists of facilities
housing mainly Medicaid residents and, as a result, has very limited resources. The nearly …

A method of approximating solutions of the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation is
presented in this paper. The method closely resembles the usual WKB approximation …

American acquisition of the Philippines and Filipino resistance to it became a focal point for
debate on American imperialism. In a lively narrative, Miller tells the story of the war and how …