Microbial presence on kitchen dishcloths in Chinese households.

To study the microbiological contamination of kitchen dishcloths in Chinese housholds, 1010 'in-use' kitchen dishcloths were collected from residential premises in Beijing and Shanghai, and they were sent to the laboratory for microbiological quality analysis. The aerobic plate counts for dishcloths were 10-109 cfu/cm2 in the range of 150 cfu/cm2 to 1.776×109 cfu/cm2 (Beijing) and 62.

[Treatment of calcaneal avulsion fractures with twinfix suture anchors fixation].

Objective: For the calcaneal avulsion fracture, the current method is more commonly used screws or Kirschner wire to fix fracture fragment. This article intended to explore the feasibility and clinical efficacy for the treatment of avulsion fractures with TwinFix suture anchors.

Methods: From July 2007 to November 2010, 21 patients were reviewed, including 15 males and 6 females, ranging in age from 49 to 65 years,with a mean of 58.

Inhibiting gastric cancer-associated angiogenesis by CIAPIN1 siRNA.

Angiogenesis plays an essential role in tumor growth and metastasis and is a promising target for cancer therapy. We characterized the effects of selective CIAPIN1 inhibition on the angiogenesis gastric cancer cell line SGC7901 by stable transfection of CIAPIN1 siRNA. Our study has been shown that CIAPIN1 play the determined role in tumor growth and multidrug resistance.

Clinical effects of acupuncture after surgical operation in patients with prolapse of the lumbar intervertebral disc.

Objective: To investigate the clinical effects of acupuncture after surgical operation in patients with prolapse of the lumbar intervertebral disc (PLID).

Methods: Sixty-nine patients in this series, who had undergone the removal of nucleus pulposus and the intervertebral fusion as well, were randomly divided into a treatment group of 35 cases and a control group of 34 cases. The former was treated by acupuncture and conventional rehabilitation therapy, and the latter only by the rehabilitation therapy.

[The study for the immuno-protection of E. coli O157:H7 outer membrane protein].

Objective: To evaluate the protective efficacy against a lethal dose of E. coli O157:H7 after intranasal, oral and subcutaneous immunization with the outer membrane protein (OMP) extracted from the whole cell of E. coli O157:H7.