COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PART II: ROLE IN IMMUNITY

Complement system part II: role in immunity

The complement system has been considered for a long time as a simple lytic system, aimed to kill bacteria infecting the host organism.Nowadays this vision has changed and it is well accepted that complement is a complex innate immune surveillance system, playing a key role in host homeostasis, inflammation and in the defense against pathogens.This

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Strengthening Capacity for Prostate Cancer Early Diagnosis in West Africa Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Realist Approach to Rethinking and Operationalizing the World Health Organization 2017 Guide to Cancer Early Diagnosis

Two years after SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) was declared a global public health emergency, the restoration, at least, to the pre-pandemic level of early diagnostic services for prostate cancer has remained enormously challenging for many health systems, worldwide.This is particularly true of West Africa as the region grapples also Speaker Components with

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Biological Diversity, Ecological Health and Condition of Aquatic Assemblages at National Wildlife Refuges in Southern Indiana, USA

The National Wildlife Refuge system is a vital resource for the protection and conservation of biodiversity and biological integrity in the United States.Surveys were conducted to determine the spatial and temporal patterns of fish, macroinvertebrate, and crayfish populations in two watersheds that encompass three refuges in southern Indiana.The Pa

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Una mitologia alpina

This text superimposes a seemingly random geometry over certain locations in the Alpine massifs, one that is certainly reductive and debatable, yet still connected to an evident modern unease.Over a period of a few decades, from the end of the 19th century to the early decades of the 20th century, some Alpine locations have been home to significant

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