Publications by authors named "A Dowson"

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  • The space environment can make it hard for skin to heal properly, which can lead to infections.
  • Scientists did experiments to see how skin cells called fibroblasts react to different levels of gravity, including very low and very high gravity.
  • They found that a stress hormone, cortisol, affected how these cells work and heal, especially when changing between these gravity levels, which is important for finding ways to help skin heal in space.
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Accumulating evidence suggests that peptidoglycan, consistent with a bacterial cell wall, is synthesized around the chloroplasts of many photosynthetic eukaryotes, from glaucophyte algae to early-diverging land plants including pteridophyte ferns, but the biosynthetic pathway has not been demonstrated. Here, we employed mass spectrometry and enzymology in a two-fold approach to characterize the synthesis of peptidoglycan in chloroplasts of the moss Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens. To drive the accumulation of peptidoglycan pathway intermediates, P.

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Pharmaceuticals carried into space are subjected to different gravitational conditions. Hypergravity is encountered in the first stage, during spacecraft launching. The stability of medicines represents a critical element of space missions, especially long-duration ones.

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Background: Migraine is common and ranked as the first cause of disability in people under fifty. Despite significant advances in its pharmacological treatment, it often remains intractable. Neuromodulation is one option considered in the management of those patients.

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