Stray dog meat consumption and rabies

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Usage of U7 snRNA in gene therapy of hemoglobin C disorder: feasibility by gene ontology tool

Hemoglobin (Hb) C disorder is an important hemoglobinopathy with the highest endemicity in Middle East. The red blood cell abnormality is attributed to the beta thalassemic nature of the beta C (bC) globingene. Here, a bioinformatic analysis was performed to study the effect of co-expression between human Hb C b-globin chain gene and U7.623. The gene ontological results show that full recovery of hemoglobin function and biological process can be derived. This confirms that U7 snRNA can be agood tool for gene therapy in Hb C disorder

Acute organo-phosphorus pesticide poisoning, oxidative damage, haemoglobin level and total leukocyte

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Analysis of binding energy activity of TIBO and HIV-RT based on simple consideration for conformational change

Tetrahydro-imidazo[4,5,l-jk][1,4]-benzodiazepin-2 (1 H)one (TIBO) is a noncompetitive non nucleotide antiretroviral drug with a specific allosteric binding site of HIV-1 RT. The conformational analysis showsthat the effect of the drug depends on the potential energy which varied due to the beta rotatable dihedral angles (N6 - C15 - C16 = C17) of the TIBO side chain. The change of binding energy between TIBO and HIV-RT due to the variation in beta rotatable dihedral angles was determined. The theoretical simulation for a step size of 30 degrees variation from 0 to 90 degree changes was performed. The derived binding energies range from 0 to 8 kcal/mol. Changes in the beta dihedral angle conformationcritically affects the binding energy. TIBO derivatives that affect the beta angle can change the binding energy between drug and HIV-RT and this can affect drug activity

GeneXpert in the diagnosis of smear-negative PTB

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The prevalence of positive LE cell and anti-DNA tests in a population of Thai adolescents

The incidence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in Thailand is not well described. Here, we report the prevalence of a positive LE cell test and anti-dDNA latex agglutination test among a sample of Thai adolescents. Of 80 Thai young adolescent subjected to a positive LE cell test and anti-dDNA latex test was found one case having clinical presentations from mild to moderate symptoms, giving the prevalence equal of 1.25%