Publications by authors named "Bevan Sam"
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- A 13-year-old healthy boy presented with a persistent right neck mass, fatigue, and weight loss, raising concerns about potential cancer.
- After initial tests showed no abnormalities, he returned with new symptoms like swallowing difficulties and throat pain, and the neck mass had changed appearance.
- Blood tests indicated infection, leading to a diagnosis of lymphoid proliferation and treatment with antibiotics, resulting in significant symptom improvement and near resolution of the mass.
Mitochondria are the main bioenergetic organelles of cells. Exposure to chemicals targeting mitochondria therefore generally results in the development of toxicity. The cellular response to perturbations in cellular energy production is a balance between adaptation, by reorganisation and organelle biogenesis, and sacrifice, in the form of cell death.
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