A SINGLE-DOMAIN ANTIBODY TARGETING COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5 ACTS AS A SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF THE TERMINAL PATHWAY OF THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM AND THUS FUNCTIONALLY MIMICKS THE C-TERMINAL DOMAIN OF THE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SSL7 PROTEIN

The complement system is an efficient anti-microbial effector mechanism.On the other hand abnormal complement activation is involved in the pathogenesis of multiple inflammatory and hemolytic diseases.As general inhibition of the complement system may jeopardize patient health due to increased susceptibility to infections, the development of pathwa

High-dose radiation therapy is the treatment of choice for nasopharyngeal cancer, and clinical outcomes have improved in recent decades.A certain proportion of patients, however, suffer from post-radiation nasopharyngeal necrosis (PRNN).Patients with PRNN complain of headache, foul odor, or symptoms of cranial nerve palsies.Clinically, intracranial

Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) have received attention in recent years due to their anomalous piezoresistive (PZR) effects.Although the PZR effects of SiNWs have been extensively researched, they are still not fully understood.Herein, we LAVENDER CONDITIONER develop a new model of the PZR effects of SiNWs to characterize the PZR effects.First, the resis

Recently it has become fashionable to speak about embodied religion, religion as bodily processes and embodiment in general.In this article the different uses of the concept of the body are analysed and the different contexts in which the Parts concept can be used in coherent and systematic ways are clarified, and furthermore in such a way that it