SALIVARY AND SERUM NEOPTERIN AND INTERLEUKIN 6 AS BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH ORAL AND OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

Salivary and serum neopterin and interleukin 6 as biomarkers in patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Because of an increasing incidence of malignant tumours of the head and neck there is an unmet medical need for early diagnosis of the primary disease or precancerous lesions, and timely detection of recurrence by simple non-invasive tests.The analysis of biomarkers in body fluids may be appropriate for this goal.In this review, we compare the data

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The Making of Transgenic Drosophila guttifera

The complex color patterns on the wings and body of Drosophila guttifera (D.guttifera) are emerging as model systems for studying evolutionary and developmental processes.Studies regarding these processes depend on overexpression and downregulation of developmental genes, which ultimately rely upon an effective transgenic system.Methods describing

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Tobacco pack display at hospitality venues after the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging in New Zealand: a field observation study

Objectives In March 2018, New Zealand (NZ) introduced standardised tobacco packaging that also featured new pictorial warnings, with implementation completed by early June 2018.We evaluated how the new packaging affected tobacco pack displays in outdoor areas of hospitality venues.Design Before-and-after descriptive field observation study.Setting

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Globalization and democracy

AV Selector Switch ABSTRACTThe gathering momentum of globalization in the world economy has coincided with the spread of political democracy across countries.Economies have become global.But politics remains national.This essay explores the relationship between globalization and democracy, which is neither linear nor characterized by structural rig

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