Hormesis and Low Toxic Effects of Three Lanthanides in Microfungi Isolated from Rare Earth Mining Waste in Northwestern Russia.

The low-dose toxicity of chloride and nitrate salts of three lanthanides (La, Ce and Nd) was tested on six microfungal species. Five of them (, , , and ) were isolated from the loparite ore tailings on the Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia. was a control strain.

Tolerance of Rare-Earth Elements in Extremophile Fungus from Polar Loparite Ore Tailings in Northwestern Russia.

In this study, extremophile fungal species isolated from pure loparite-containing sands and their tolerance/resistance to the lanthanides Ce and Nd were investigated. The loparite-containing sands were collected at the tailing dumps of an enterprise developing a unique polar deposit of niobium, tantalum and rare-earth elements (REEs) of the cerium group: the Lovozersky Mining and Processing Plant (MPP), located in the center of the Kola Peninsula (northwestern Russia). From the 15 fungal species found at the site, one of the most dominant isolates was identified by molecular analysis as the zygomycete fungus (GenBank accession no.

[The differential diagnosis of constitutional delay of puberty and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in boys].

Background: The problem of differential diagnosis of constitutional delay of puberty/CDP and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism/HH in boys is discussed, as boys have similar genetic mechanisms and appearance.

Aims: to determine accuracy of the criteria for the differential diagnosis of CDP and HH.

Materials: The study included 56 boys 14.

Causes of volcanic unrest at Mt. Spurr in 2004-2005 inferred from repeated tomography.

Mt. Spurr is the largest active volcano in Alaska of high explosive potential. The most recent activity, including two recent magmatic eruptions in 1953 and 1992, has occurred via the flanking Crater Peak.

[Influence of doxorubicin inclusion into phospholipid nanoparticles on tumor accumulation and specific activity].

The specific activity of drug formulation of doxorubicin embedded into phospholipid nanoparticles with diameter less than 30 nm ("Doxolip") was studied in mice LLC carcinoma. Doxolip was prepared according to technology that was elaborated in Institute earlier. Doxorubicin tumor accumulation after intraperitoneal administration (at 4 h) was 4.