Myasthenia gravis-like syndrome presenting as a component of the paraneoplastic syndrome of lung adenocarcinoma in a nonsmoker.

Adenocarcinoma of the lung is the most common form of lung cancer in nonsmokers. It is commonly seen in the periphery of the lungs. Myasthenia gravis is generally associated with mediastinal malignancies and rarely associated with adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Microbead analysis of cell binding to immobilized lectin: an alternative to microarrays in the development of carbohydrate drugs and diagnostic tests.

Microarray technology is currently used in the development of carbohydrate drugs and diagnostic tests. Here we model an inexpensive alternative to microarrays using derivatized microbeads. In this model we examine the binding of mannose-rich yeast to microbeads derivatized with concanavalin A (Con A), a mannose-binding lectin, in the presence of 30 different sugars and 9 different pH conditions.